Centre for Environmental and Minority Policy Studies

Centre for Environmental and Minority Policy Studies

Nov
06
CEMiPoS Submits New Set of Comments to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

CEMiPoS Submits New Set of Comments to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

CEMiPoS researchers have contributed comments on the EMRIP’s Report on the Right to Repatriation of ceremonial objects, human remains,
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Oct
19
CEMiPoS Statement Against Two Hokkaido Municipalities’ Decisions Over Highly Radioactive Waste

CEMiPoS Statement Against Two Hokkaido Municipalities’ Decisions Over Highly Radioactive Waste

On 9 October 2020, the town of Suttsu in Hokkaido, located along the coast of the Sea of Japan, applied
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Oct
09
Flyers for UMinn Web Series on Indigenous Relationship with Nature

Flyers for UMinn Web Series on Indigenous Relationship with Nature

Dr. Elizabeth Sumida Huaman has distributed flyers for the remaining events in her online series An Alliance Between Human &
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Oct
01
A Conversation with Hatakeyama Ekasi

A Conversation with Hatakeyama Ekasi

On 6 August, CEMiPoS Director Maruyama Hiroshi and Koizumi Masahiro, Director of the Sapporo Freedom School, visited revered Ainu leader
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Sep
28
An Alliance Between Humans & Creatures: Indigenous Stories of Nature, Healing & Resistance

An Alliance Between Humans & Creatures: Indigenous Stories of Nature, Healing & Resistance

Dr. Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota, is organizing an online series featuring Indigenous speakers discussing
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Sep
07
Asahi Shimbun Covers Kamuycepnomi

Asahi Shimbun Covers Kamuycepnomi

Asahi Shimbun was one of several national newspapers present at last weekend's Kamuycepnomi in Monbetsu. Their article discusses not only
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Aug
02
CEMiPoS Director Participates in Upopoy Symposium

CEMiPoS Director Participates in Upopoy Symposium

Today at 1:15 – 3:45PM (JST), CEMiPoS Director Hiroshi will lead a symposium discussing the history of Ainu-Japanese
Jul
28
Ainu in Diaspora Share Their Stories

Ainu in Diaspora Share Their Stories

CEMiPoS had the privilege of communicating with Ainu-Hawaiian scholar and educator Māpuana Shizuko Hayashi-Simpliciano, who works in the field of
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Jul
24
CEMiPoS Director Interviewed for Feature on Upopoy

CEMiPoS Director Interviewed for Feature on Upopoy

LifeGate interviews CEMiPoS Director Hiroshi Maruyama in their feature article on Upopoy, The Symbolic Space for Ethnic Harmony, as they
Jul
13
CEMiPoS Statement on the Opening of the Upopoy

CEMiPoS Statement on the Opening of the Upopoy

Download the statement as a PDF here. Japan has a number of national museums officially endorsed by the government and
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