Word: ainu
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...talking about today's Caucasians. I'm saying they had 'Caucasoid-like' characteristics. There's a big difference." Says Owsley: "[Kennewick Man] is not North American looking, and he's not tied in to Siberian or Northeast Asian populations. He looks more Polynesian or more like the Ainu [an ethnic group that is now found only in northern Japan but in prehistoric times lived throughout coastal areas of eastern Asia] or southern Asians...
...report brought to mind the hurtful results of cruel policies toward minorities. The issue of the terrible treatment of the Aborigines is one not only for Australians but also for the rest of us. There are examples in the behavior of the Asian people in wartime and toward the Ainu, Hokkaido's distinctive people who have been supplanted by the Japanese. SHIRO MATSUMOTO Chiba, Japan...