The Third International Conference of the Northern Studies Association on"Ethnicity and Identity in the North"　　　Takashi Irimoto

The International Conference on Ethnicity and Identity in the North, the Third International Conference of the Northern Studies Association, was held under the auspices of Hokkaido University at the Sapporo Guest House and Hokkaido University Conference Hall, from October 12 to 14, 2000.
　The Conference examined and compared ethnicities and identities of various northern peoples in Northern Eurasia, Japan and North America. Then, efforts to revitalize northern peoples' cultures, maintain their identities, reestablish relationships between ethnic groups and nations, rethink of relationships between man and nature, solve ethnic conflicts, and promote coexistence and mutual understanding among peoples with different cultural backgrounds, as some of the challenges that will face humanity in the 21st century, have been discussed. The Conference also aimed to promote the knowledge of academic trends and the availability of information on these subjects to citizens.
　The conference consisted of five sessions, and three special lectures including audio-visual presentation and poetry concert. 26 researchers from over-sea countries, including China, Mongolia, U.S., Canada, U.K., Sweden, Russia, Norway, Finland, France, Poland, etc., have been participated on the Conference, in addition to 150 domestic participants in Japan. During the three-day Conference, the following presentations were conducted.
October 12 (Thursday)
Registration: Sapporo Guest House
Opening Address by IRIMOTO, Takashi
Welcome Address by
　　TANBO, Norihito, President of Hokkaido University
　　KATSURA, Nobuo, Mayor of Sapporo City
Session 1: Ethnicity and Identity in Japan and among the Ainu
　NAKAMOTO, Mutsuko (Association for the Transmission and Preservation of Ainu Intangible Culture, Japan), Reappreciating Ainu Culture
　KAIZAWA, Koichi (Biratori Association for the Preservation of Ainu Culture, Japan),Inheriting Ainu Mentality
　IRIMOTO, Takashi (Hokkaido University, Japan), Ainu Identity and Ethnic Symbiosis in the Akan Marimo (Lake-Ball) Festival
Session 2: Ethnicity and Identity of Alaskan Eskimos and Canadian Inuit
　CHARLES, George P. (University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA), Ethnicity and Identity of the Yupiaq Eskimos
　FIENUP-RIORDAN, Ann (National Archive, USA), Yup’ik “Culturalism” and the Calista Elders Council
　KISHIGAMI, Nobuhiro (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan), Identities of Inuit in Canada: Being an Inuk and Resource Sharing
Lunch
Session 2 (Continued)
　TURNER, Edith (University of Virginia, USA), Advocacy Anthropology among the Inupiat of Northern Alaska and the General Role of Ethnology in the Present Decade
MIYAOKA, Osahito (Osaka Gakuin University, Japan), Japanese Project on Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim
Session 3: Ethnicity and Identity of North American Natives
　FEIT, Harvey (McMaster University, Canada), Counter-Images of Identities: The Politics and Culture of ‘Whiteman’ and Indian Practices
　OHMAGARI, Kayo (The Institute of Cetacean Research, Japan), The Role of Traditional Food in Identity Development among the Western James Bay Cree
　SHARP, Henry S. (University of Virginia, USA), Changing Times
Coffee Break
Session 3 (Continued)
　DYCK, Noel (Simon Fraser University, Canada), The Politics of Indian Residential Schooling in Northern Saskatchewan
　RIDINGTON, Robin (University of British Colombia, Canada) & RIDINGTON, Julian, Maintaining Dane-zaa Identity: "Those Story I Remember, That’s What I Live by”
　INOUE, Toshiaki (Josai International University, Japan), The Gwich’in Gathering: The Gathering against Oil Development by the Gwich'in Athabascan and the Subsistence Activities in Their Modern Life
Opening Party
October 13 (Friday)
Registration: Sapporo Guest House
Session 4: Ethnicity and Identity of North Asian and Siberian Peoples
　PENTIKÄINEN, Juha (University of Helsinki, Finland), Shamanhood in the Processes of Northern Ethnicity and Identity
　YAMADA, Takako (Kyoto University, Japan), Symbiosis with Nature: A Message for Reconstructing Sakha Ethnicity and Identity
　GLAVATSKAIA, Elena (Urals State University, Russia), Religious and Ethnic Revitalization among the Siberian Indigenous People
　ANDERSON, David (Aberdeen University, Scotland), Nationality and ‘Aboriginal Rights’ in post-Soviet Siberia
　IKEYA, Kazunobu (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan), Preservation of the Identity of the Chukchee amid Changes in Reindeer Pastoralism
Lunch
Session 4 (Continued)
　KUREBITO, Megumi (Toyama University, Japan), Noun Incorporation in Koryak as a Linguistic Identity
　HOPPÁL, Mihály (European Folklore Institute, Hungary), Politics of Ethnic Identity and Nordic Shamanism Today
　HAMAYON, Roberte (Sorbonne, EPHE V°, France), Reconstructing Identity and “Heroic” Millenarianism in Buryatia.
Coffee Break
Session 5: Ethnicity and Identity of the Mongols and the Sami
　TUMEN, Dashtseveg (National University of Mongolia), Linguistic, Cultural and Morphological Characteristics of Mongolian Populations
　ALTA(Hokkaido University, Japan), Ecological Change and Identity of Chahar Mongols
　YUN, Xiaomei (Hokkaido University, Japan), Ethnic Identity of Tumed Mongols in Inner Mongolia
　MAGGA, Ole-Henrik (Sami College, Norway), Cultural Rights for the Sami People in Norway: Past and Present.
　GASKI, Harald (University of Tromsø, Norway), A Reindeer Herd Migration on Paper: Tracking a New Route on the Identity Path.
　RYDVING, Håkan (University of Bergen, Norway), Language Proficiency and Ethnicity: The Sami Case
General Discussion
　IRIMOTO, Takashi (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Party
October 14 (Saturday)
Excursion to Hokkaido University Botanical Garden/Museum
　SASAKI, Toru (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Registration: Special Lecture University Conference Hall, Hokkaido University
　1. IRIMOTO, Takashi (Hokkaido University, Japan)
　　 “Ethnicity and Identity of Northern Peoples”
　2. OKER, Garry (Dane-zaa First Nations, Canada)
　　“Dane-zaa First Nations: Changes and Continuity”
　3. VALKEAPÄÄ, Nils-Aslak (Poet, Norway)
　　“Poetry Concert of the Yoik”
Closing
Farewell Party
　Papers presented at the Conference are now being compiled for publication. As did the previously-published results of the First International Conference of the Northern Studies Association, Circumpolar Religion and Ecology: An Anthropology of the North(University of Tokyo Press, 1994), and of the Second International Conference of the Northern Studies Association, Circumpolar Animism and Shamanism(Hokkaido University Press, 1997), we hope that the results of the Third International Conference will contribute to a more extensive understanding of humanbeings.
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