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Fig 2. Humility. Indigenous Ainu in Monbetsu, eastern Hokkaido, Japan, bow deeply to first salmon in the Kamuy Cep Nomi ritual. The Mopet Ainu community revived this ceremony after more than a century of colonialism. And then in 2009 an industrial waste treatment facility was sited upstream from the spawning grounds. Community resistance continues.<br/><br/>Photograph by author.
Fig 2.

Humility. Indigenous Ainu in Monbetsu, eastern Hokkaido, Japan, bow deeply to first salmon in the Kamuy Cep Nomi ritual. The Mopet Ainu community revived this ceremony after more than a century of colonialism. And then in 2009 an industrial waste treatment facility was sited upstream from the spawning grounds. Community resistance continues.

Photograph by author.

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