Indigenous Animes

Masterpiece anime series focusing on Indigenous themes, educating viewers on Native culture, and/or including Indigenous characters from all across the world, including Indigenous peoples of Japan, Native Americans, and more. Animes with Indigenous *main characters* and those focusing on Native culture appear first, followed by those with more brief/minor appearances of indigenous characters

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1		Golden Kamuy Ainu main character: Asirpa Matagi secondary character [indigenous of Japan]: Genjirou Tanigaki Tatar secondary character [indigenous of Russia]: Kiroranke Nivkh & Uilta (Orok) characters [indigenous of Sakhalin] Other Ainu characters appear as well, like Inkarmat, an Ainu secondary character
2		Princess Mononoke Emishi main character: Ashitaka **The Emishi people were indigenous to Japan in ancient times, much like the current Ainu, Matagi, & Ryukyuan people are
3		Samurai Champloo Ryukyuan main character: Mugen Other Ryukyuan and Ainu characters breifly appear
4		Sirius the Jaeger Ainu main character: Yuliy Jirov Other Ainu characters, Yuliy's mother and tribe members, breifly appear
5		Little Witch Academia TV Sami main character: Lotte Yanson [Finnish name variant] The Sami people are indigenous to Northeast Europe Cebuano main character: Sucy Manbavaran The Cebuano people are the indigenous people of the Philippines, Southeast Asia Other Sami people briefly appear, like Nicholas, a minor Sami character, and Lotte's mom
6		The Ancient Magus' Bride Sami secondary character: Lindel [Swedish/Finnish name variant]
7		To Your Eternity Indigenous American inspiration [of the Arctic people of the Americas specifically and other Northern peoples]
8		Wolf's Rain Indigenous-inspired
9		The Dagger of Kamui Ainu & Indigenous American characters
10		Utawarerumono Ainu inspired
11		The Mysterious Cities of Gold Includes characters who are Indigenous to the Americas (most likely Central/South America or the southern portion of North America; think Mexico)

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