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Article: Ancient Japanese minority leaves the shadows.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

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NIBUTANI, Japan _ The salmon-skin boots and dugout canoes displayed here in the Ainu Historical Museum document the culture of an aboriginal people who have inhabited Japan for nearly 10,000 years.

Until two months ago, however, the Japanese government denied this Ainu history ever existed.

Now, in two landmark actions, a district court and Japan's national legislature have taken the first steps to recognize that Japan's Ainu (EYE-new) people predated the Yamato race that conquered its land and systematically attempted to stamp out its existence.

For Japan, a nation with a near-religious belief in the homogeneity of its people, these ...

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