An article that explores the effect of tourism, a very important industry financially for the Ainu in Hokkaido, on Ainu culture and identity.

This article investigates the interaction of the Ainu with different indigenous peoples from around the world, made possible at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904.

This is a comparison of regional cultural variations between two groups of Ainu. One group represents a more typical hunting-gathering population; the other has a larger sedentary population which is also based on hunting and gathering. Some of the significant cultural variations may be explained in terms of differences in basic ecological factors. - Abstract

This link leads to articles in the Japan Times about the Ainu and Hokkaido, a source for keeping up on contemporary news about the Ainu.

An article featuring an English translation of the story "The Goddess of the Wind and Okikurmi" (the picture book version of which is listed in the "Japanese Language Books" section of this LibGuide) as well as background information on Kayano Shigeru, the Ainu language native speaker, scholar and politician who recorded the tale.

This article includes biographical information on Chiri Yukie, the young woman who first recorded and translated Ainu Yukar or epic tales, the English translation of "The Song the Owl God Himself Sang", a Yukar she recorded, and the preface to her book Ainu Shin’yōshū (Ainu Songs of Gods).

This article explores the political, cultural, and social successes achieved by the Ainu.