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Delegation from newly established UPOPOY National Ainu Museum & Park invited to present Japan\u2019s Indigenous Ainu Tourism Initiatives at the International Indigenous Tourism Conference 2024 in Ottawa, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – February 26-28, 2024 –<\/em>The International Indigenous Tourism Conference 2024 (IITC)<\/a>, the world’s largest conference on Indigenous tourism, is set to take place from February 26 to 28 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Representing the UPOPOY National Ainu Museum & Park, Ms. Miyuki itankituy Muraki, Executive Director, and Ms. Konomi ninum Arata, Cultural Specialist in Language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the morning of February 28th, Executive Director Ms. Muraki, alongside presenters from Mexico, will address approximately 1000 conference attendees during the plenary session, introducing the cultural and tourism initiatives of Japan’s Indigenous Ainu people. During the afternoon of the same day, Ms. Arata will speak on the preservation of the Ainu language in a specialized session. This marks their inaugural participation as panelists after being invited from Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2020, UPOPOY National Ainu Museum & Park<\/a> is a significant national project in Japan. The creation of this institution came together with the 2019 legal recognition<\/a> of the Ainu people as the Indigenous People of Japan. Comprising the National Ainu Museum, the National Ainu Park, and Memorial Site, Upopoy acts as a foundation for the revival and continued development of the invaluable culture of the Ainu people. It represents the building of a forward-looking, vibrant society with a rich, diverse culture in which indigenous people are treated with respect and dignity. The name Upopoy is a newly coined term that means \u201csinging together in a large group\u201d in Ainu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The invitation for the UPOPOY delegation from Japan was extended following the visit of Mr. Keith Henry, President and CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada, to UPOPOY during the International Symposium on Indigenous Tourism Challenges held at Hokkaido University in September last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Muraki and Ms. Arata will present in the following sessions: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere Nations Meet: Tourism Development for Nation Identity\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 9:00am – 10:00am\nat Shaw Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe, My Family, and My Language: The Role of Tourism Institutions in Cultural Transmission\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 2:45pm – 3:45pm\nat Shaw Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invited participants from Japan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Miyuki itankituy Muraki (Ms.)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director, UPOPOY National Ainu Museum & Park <\/strong>
Senior Vice President, the Foundation for Ainu Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Miyuki<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Muraki itankituy (pronounced:ee-Tan-ki-tuy)\nwas Born in 1959 in Shiraoi Town as a proud Ainu woman. Since 1985, she has\nbeen working for the (former) Ainu Museum and later became the Director of the\nmuseum (2012~) and a board member (2013~). The former Ainu Museum, fondly known\nas Porotokotan in Ainu language, was a private museum established in 1984 and\nwas operated by the local Ainu community in Shiraoi. Reflecting on her\nexperiences, she expresses, “I was nurtured in this museum where the Ainu\npeople themselves built a foundation for the transmission of Ainu\nculture.” In here she was involved in the revival of Ainu cultural\npractices, such as the performance of Ainu dances and songs, research on Ainu\nreligious rituals, preservation of Ainu culinary traditions among many. She\nalso undertook research and studies on Ainu materials in the museums, both\nnationally and internationally, collaborating with institutions like the\nRussian Museum of Ethnography and the National Ethnological Museum in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012, she joined government\u2019s preparation Committee of the establishment of National Museum for indigenous Ainu. In 2018, she assumed the role of full-time board member of the newly established Foundation for Ainu Culture which merged with the former Ainu Museum Foundation. In this capacity, she has been involved in the preparations for the opening of the UPOPOY National Ainu Museum & Park, a national project for \u201csymbolic space for ethnic harmony\u201d. In July 2020, with the opening of Upopoy, she was appointed of Deputy Executive Director of UPOPOY Headquarters, and from June 2023, she became the first indigenous and female Executive Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her curated exhibitions include\n“TEKEKARPE: Textile art and other Ainu handicrafts from German\ncollections” (1999, Ainu Museum), “IKARKAR: The World of Ainu\nEmbroidery Works” (2016, Tomakomai City Museum) among many. Major\npublications include: \u201cAinu Nature Series 4: Ainu\nand Plants <Medicine edition>\u201d edited by the Ainu\nMuseum (2004); and \u2018Sonko de Sonko: Essay on Ainu\nCulture\u2019 in \u201cThe Japan Railways\nHokkaido Magazine\u201d with Prof. Yuko Honda, a monthly\narticle since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Konomi ninum Arata<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cultural Specialist (Language)<\/strong>UPOPOY National Ainu Museum and Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Konomi<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ninum (pronounced: Nee-num) was born in\nAsahikawa, Hokkaido 36 years ago. When she was a child, she followed her\nmaternal grandmother, who has indigenous Ainu roots, and participated in the\nceremonies and events held in the Asahikawa area. In 2005, she took part in an\ninternational youth exchange to visit Hawaii, where she met other people of her\ngeneration with Ainu roots and became interested in her own identity. Since\nthen, she has learnt traditional dances, oral literature and the Ainu language.\nNow that she is married to an Ainu person and has three children, she often\nthinks about how the roles of parents and schools in cultural transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is committed to passing on and reviving Ainu culture and language, ensuring that she and other children can lead a life with pride and joy in their hearts, without feeling the need to blend into the majority or endure discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012, she completed the three-year ‘Ainu\nCultural Inheritor Training Program’. From 2012 to 2015, she oversaw\ntranscription of the Ainu language at the Ainu Museum (Porotokotan). 2016-2018,\nshe was an instructor for the ‘Practical Advanced Course for the Cultural\nInheritor of Oral Literature\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the field of performing arts, in 2011 she\nwas among the founding member of the Team nikaop that aims to revive performing\narts of the Ainu. In 2015, she has also been a member of the Obihiro\nkamuytoupopo Preservation Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact Information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Public Relations Division
Upopoy: National Ainu Museum and Park Administration Headquarters
The Foundation for Ainu Culture <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delegation from newly established UPOPOY National Ainu Museum & Park invited to present Japan\u2019s Indigenous Ainu Tourism Initiatives at the International Indigenous Tourism Conference 2024 in Ottawa, Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – February 26-28, 2024 –The International Indigenous Tourism Conference 2024 (IITC), the world’s largest conference on Indigenous tourism, is set to take place from February 26 to 28 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Representing the UPOPOY National Ainu Museum & Park, Ms. Miyuki itankituy Muraki, Executive Director, and Ms. Konomi ninum Arata, Cultural Specialist in Language. On the morning of February 28th, Executive Director Ms. Muraki, alongside presenters from Mexico, will address approximately 1000 conference attendees during the plenary session, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4635,"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainu-upopoy.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}