Literatures and Materials of Ainu Language: For Learners

Provides database of materials related to the Ainu Language and culture, including literature, video, audio, and weblinks.
http://jinbunweb.sgu.ac.jp/~ainu/biblio/european.html

Ainu-English Word List

List of common Ainu words and their English translations.
http://www.CoastalFog.net/languages/ainuenglish.html

Ainu Articles

From the Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Links.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/ainu.html

Toward a Genuine Redress for an Unjust Past: The Nibutani Dam Case

Analysis of a case involving the right of the Ainu to be considered an indigenous people, and to enjoy the legal protection of their culture.
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v4n2/sonoha42.html

The Ainu Museum

Presents collections of cultural artifacts, performances of traditional dances and ceremonies, and demonstrations of folk arts.
http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html

Ainu Photos

Four small candids taken by Michael Smith.
http://oracle5.home.infi.net/ainu.htm

The Samurai and the Ainu

Brief discussion of racial differences from Science Frontiers October 1989.
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf065/sf065a01.htm

The Ainu of Japan

Suite 101 Article by Andy Thompson.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fourth_world/22057

Ainu Language and Japan's Ancient History

Provides a series of documents on the language of this indigenous people as well as the culture of the Jomon period.
http://www.dai3gen.net/epage0.htm

NOVA Online - Island of the Spirits

Companion web site to the NOVA program which explores the Ainu people.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hokkaido/

Ainu - Spirit of a Northern People

Online exhibition of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exploring the ancient origin of the Ainu, their relations with the Japanese, and the Ainu cultural rebirth.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/ainu/

The Ainu Language

Basic sentences and numerals in Ainu, with corresponding downloadable sound files and English equivalents. Bilingual site (Japanese and English). Also, some sociolinguistic information on the language.
http://ramat.ram.ne.jp/ainu/

John Bachelor

Life story of John Batchelor (1854-1944), an English missionary who became the first westerner to learn the Ainu language, record its grammar in English, and make the Ainu known to the western world.
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~matu-emk/bachel.html

Traditional Ainu Fishing Techniques

Article and photos by Jean-Philippe Soulé.
http://www.voicenet.co.jp/~jeanphi/ngo/indigenous/ainu/ainu.htm