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| 0:02 | · | the indigenous people of Northern Japan |
| 0:04 | · | call themselves IU meaning human in |
| 0:08 | · | their |
| 0:12 | · | language the Inu the indigenous |
| 0:15 | · | inhabitants of northernmost island of |
| 0:17 | · | the Japanese archipelago are ethnic |
| 0:20 | · | minority population in |
| 0:23 | · | Japan they live in the Northern regions |
| 0:25 | · | of |
| 0:26 | · | Japan particularly Hokkaido the kural |
| 0:30 | · | islands and the southern part of |
| 0:34 | · | sacen traditionally IU lived a simple |
| 0:38 | · | life hunting deer and salmon Gathering |
| 0:42 | · | wild plants for food performing |
| 0:44 | · | traditional dances and playing |
| 0:53 | · | [Music] |
| 0:58 | · | music |
| 1:00 | · | [Music] |
| 1:09 | · | [Music] |
| 1:15 | · | the Anu generally have unique physical |
| 1:18 | · | characteristics such as hairiness wavy |
| 1:21 | · | hair and deep set eyes broader and |
| 1:24 | · | bigger noses which are very different |
| 1:27 | · | from those of the ordinary Japanese in |
| 1:30 | · | particular most Anu men can grow thick |
| 1:33 | · | full beard which is a distinctive trait |
| 1:36 | · | not commonly found among the Japanese |
| 1:43 | · | population until it was outlawed by the |
| 1:45 | · | Japanese government in |
| 1:47 | · | 1871 as part of their ancestral |
| 1:50 | · | tradition I knew women had the custom of |
| 1:53 | · | getting tattoos on their arms hands and |
| 1:55 | · | lips in the Inu language they were |
| 1:58 | · | called senu yay and was perceived as a |
| 2:01 | · | symbol of |
| 2:02 | · | beauty a Talisman and an indispensable |
| 2:06 | · | tool to prepare their body for after |
| 2:16 | · | death among the Inu all natural |
| 2:20 | · | phenomena including flora fauna and even |
| 2:24 | · | inanimate objects are believed to have a |
| 2:26 | · | spiritual Essence and particular animals |
| 2:29 | · | such as brown bears continue to be |
| 2:31 | · | honored in ceremony and ritual as Spirit |
| 2:34 | · | deities called |
| 2:36 | · | [Music] |
| 2:41 | · | Kimi the Inu language is an endangered |
| 2:44 | · | language |
| 2:46 | · | isolate it has no known relation to the |
| 2:49 | · | Japanese language or any other language |
| 2:51 | · | family making it a unique linguistic |
| 2:55 | · | Heritage traditionally the Inu language |
| 2:58 | · | was primarily and oral language without |
| 3:01 | · | a writing system and it was used for |
| 3:04 | · | communication within the Inu Community |
| 3:06 | · | for various purposes including |
| 3:08 | · | storytelling rituals and everyday |
| 3:12 | · | conversation due to a long history of |
| 3:15 | · | discrimination and assimilation policies |
| 3:17 | · | in Japan the number of Inu speakers has |
| 3:20 | · | significantly declined over the years |
| 3:23 | · | and today it is estimated that very few |
| 3:26 | · | fluent speakers of Inu |
| 3:28 | · | remain |
| 3:30 | · | the formation process of the Inu |
| 3:33 | · | population has been discussed for a long |
| 3:36 | · | time conventionally the Inu are |
| 3:39 | · | considered to be direct descendants of |
| 3:41 | · | the jman people who live throughout |
| 3:43 | · | Japan from as early as 13,000 years ago |
| 3:47 | · | however recent study found that the |
| 3:49 | · | ancestor of the Inu could have ad mixed |
| 3:52 | · | with the Okat people who are genetically |
| 3:55 | · | similar to those of the lower Amore |
| 3:58 | · | populations including the n and |
| 4:01 | · | ulch nevertheless total jam and ancestry |
| 4:04 | · | among the Inu has been estimated at 70 |
| 4:07 | · | to |
| 4:08 | · | 80% this is quite a large proportion |
| 4:11 | · | compared to other Japanese populations |
| 4:13 | · | such as Mainland Japanese and ryuk |
| 4:17 | · | kuons on the paternal Hao group the vast |
| 4:20 | · | majority of the Inu men belong to Hao |
| 4:22 | · | Group D |
| 4:24 | · | m55 the jman male lineage which were |
| 4:27 | · | distributed only in the Japanese |
| 4:30 | · | archipelago it is noteworthy that they |
| 4:32 | · | retained a large number of Joon related |
| 4:35 | · | Hao groups in both their paternal and |
| 4:38 | · | maternal Gene |
| 4:40 | · | pools in 2008 the Japanese government |
| 4:44 | · | officially recognized the Inu as an |
| 4:46 | · | indigenous people of Japan marking a |
| 4:49 | · | significant step toward acknowledging |
| 4:52 | · | and preserving their cultural heritage |
| 4:55 | · | their current daily lives in terms of |
| 4:57 | · | food clothing and housing |
| 5:00 | · | are almost the same as those of most |
| 5:02 | · | people in Japan however in line with a |
| 5:05 | · | growing recognition of inu's traditional |
| 5:07 | · | culture and a movement to restore |
| 5:09 | · | various aspects of it in recent years |
| 5:12 | · | some Anu people are proactively |
| 5:14 | · | attempting to learn their traditional |
| 5:16 | · | culture and pass it on to the next |
| 5:19 | · | Generation like most of us these modern |
| 5:22 | · | Anu also struggle for |
| 5:28 | · | survival |
| 5:30 | · | [Applause] |
| 5:31 | · | [Music] |
| 5:50 | · | [Applause] |
| 5:56 | · | [Music] |
| 5:59 | · | and now hold and |
| 6:04 | · | now |
| 6:28 | · | now |
| 6:32 | · | [Music] |
| 6:50 | · | [Music] |
| 7:28 | · | n |
| 7:58 | · | for |
| 8:28 | · | for |
| 8:58 | · | for |
| 9:04 | · | for |
