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MISSING: Since August 22, 2020

Leniesha "Eko" Whitefeather

22 years old, 5'4, 232 lbs, brown eyes, brown hair, birthmark on her right hand, feather tattoo on her left shoulder, quote "where words fail music speaks" tattoo on right wrist, heart tattoos on her left hand.

Believed to have been kidnapped. May be in Thurston County, Washington State area, or Portland, Oregon area.

Playing around with custom stuff in acnh. I have a couple other Ainu designs that I made on a profile not subscribed to nintendo, so I can’t share them unless I just remake them. Anyway, there’s my creator code: MA-2299-4558-9633

MISSING: Since August 8, 2020

Dewayna Greycloud (Crow Creek Sioux)

30 years old, 5'1, petite, brown eyes, long brownish red hair, tattoo of a butterfly on her lower back.

She was detained in Franklin on July 21, 2020, cited and released. Her mother received a call August 22 from Econolodge at 300 N. Ely St. in Kennewick, WA.

The etsy has bracelets, pride stuff, some trendercore aesthetic kinda things. Knitted stuff will be added soon, like scarves. More stuff is being added daily.

MISSING: Since July 21, 2020

Suhleyahna A. Johnson-Jones, 16 years old, 5'3, 120lbs, brown hair, and brown eyes.

Last seen in Everett, Washington.

Hey, remember that bullshit 2019 Ainu bill when Japan pretended to give a shit about the UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights for a sec before the 2020 Olympics got canceled? You can’t save face if you got two of them, the world sees you, Shamo.

SAPPORO–A lawsuit filed by a group of indigenous Ainu over fishing rights is effectively a test case aimed at confirming rights to land and natural resources that the ethnic minority had traditionally monopolized, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs.

The suit filed at the Sapporo District Court on Aug. 17 calls on the central and the Hokkaido prefectural government to restore rights to fishing for salmon in a local river for commercial purposes.

At present, Ainu can fish for purely cultural reasons based on permission granted by prefectural authorities.

The lawsuit is the nation’s first such legal action aimed at resolving issues relating to a lifestyle of Ainu that prevailed before the Meiji Era (1868-1912).*

*I guess they forgot about the 1997 lawsuit of Ekashi Kayano Shigeru, “leading the protest movement against the Nibutani Dam. The dam over the Saru River, completed in 1997 despite legal attempts to stop it, flooded land sacred to the Ainu. Though unsuccessful, the legal effort did result in a ruling by the Sapporo District Court, acknowledging the Ainu as the indigenous people of Hokkaidō for the first time.” How many first times do the Shamo see us?*    

The plaintiffs are from the group based in Urahoro, eastern Hokkaido, that calls itself the Raporo Ainu Nation.

According to court documents, most of the plaintiffs are descendants of Ainu who lived in communities close to the Urahorotokachi river during the Edo Period (1603-1867).

They said their ancestors made a living by catching salmon in the river in exchange for goods until the central government imposed a ban on salmon fishing during the early part of the Meiji Era.

The plaintiffs argue that the ban has no legal grounds and that they have a right to catch salmon using gill nets within a range of 4 kilometers from the mouth of the river.

Under the current setup, Ainu people must gain permission from the Hokkaido governor to catch salmon, which is granted only when the activity aims to preserve their cultural heritage.

The lawsuit calls for Ainu to catch salmon as a commercial activity.

Their right to do so, they argue, lies in a declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 2007.

The U.N. declaration states that each government is obliged to acknowledge and protect the rights of indigenous people. Japan voted in favor of the declaration.

The plaintiffs maintain that the Japanese government has an obligation to recognize and protect their indigenous rights as a member of the global community.

An official with the Fisheries Agency’s resources management department declined to comment on the suit.

“We cannot comment now as we are not aware of details of the lawsuit,” the official said.

The Ainu, who inhabit primarily Hokkaido and nearby regions, had their own language and distinctive culture before they were forced to assimilate.

In 2008, the government belatedly recognized the Ainu as Japan’s indigenous people.