Letter Of Request By The Monbetsu Ainu Of Japan: Please Stop Polluting Sacred River

Letter Of Request By The Monbetsu Ainu Of Japan: Please Stop Polluting Sacred River   To The Honorable Harumi Takahashi The Governor of Hokkaido __ June, 2010 Urgent Request to the Hokkaido Governor   “Do not pollute our sacred mother river, Mobetsu River, any more” – Indigenous Monbetsu Ainu people who live in Monbetsu City, Hokkaido, Japan, have been claiming their land rights against the Hokkaido Prefectural Government and expressing their opposition to the development plan of the...

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