ABOUT US
Recognizing the dearth of resources and accurate information about the
Ainu people available in English,
AINU PRIDE PRODUCTIONS aims to help connect the Ainu people with the
wider, non-Japanese speaking world. Through our various projects,
we
hope to help spread awareness about the Ainu people, their culture,
their art, their history, and their lives as a current, modern people
in Japan. To fulfill our mission, we provide translation and
interpretation services (English/Japanese/Ainu), updates
on news and
events, event production and logistics, procurement of Ainu arts and
crafts, and assistance with any inquiries that you may have.
AINU PRIDE
PRODUCTIONS is led by W. Lonnie Ding-Everson, who, while not Ainu
himself, is of mixed background born and raised in Japan, and has
strong connections to the Ainu community. Working in the Greater Tokyo
area, he was the manager of the performance group AINU
REBELS, served as a member of the
Tokyo Secretariat of the 2008
Indigenous Peoples Summit in Ainu Mosir,
and currently teaches Parent/Child Ainu Language classes at the Tokyo Ainu Cultural Center. APP works with a wide
range of people in the Ainu community, with a particular focus on the
art/music movement among Ainu youth in the Tokyo
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