Uncontacted tribes and small-scale societies are becoming a thing of the past. The world is growing rapidly, and small companies that go against the grain are being pushed aside by people, claiming that their presence inhibits progress. With more than seven billion people inhabiting this planet, space is becoming increasingly precious, and outsiders are forced to endure regions no one else wants. Eventually, societies blend, boundaries blur, and another unique society/culture is lost among the masses. Very few can tolerate being trapped by more popular cultures, but those who manage to preserve their traditional lifestyles allow us to see the different aspects of cultures other than our own. In this light, traditional Ainu life presents many new ideas about how to live a very different life and how to see the world in a new perspective. The Ainu are a group of people who currently reside in the Hokkaido Islands off the mainland of Japan. The culture originated around 1400 on the islands of Hokkaido and surrounding areas. At the same time the Ainu tribes began to flourish, as did other larger Japanese societies in the area. The struggle for power and resources grew between the Ainu and the Japanese, and tensions arose. As time passed, tension between the two groups boiled over and resulted in many battles that would take place over the course of 350 years. The Battle of Kunasiri-Menasi in 1789 led to the defeat of the Ainu by the Japanese. The fall resulted in the oppression and exploitation of the Ainu people. Due to the oppression of the Ainu by the Japanese people, the culture of the Ainu people that we now study is a blend of traditional customs and adopted Japanese customs (Ainu Museum). While... middle of paper..., I think that as Japan continues to industrialize and move up the corporate ladder, the Ainu animists will continue to live simple lives and their culture will eventually disappear like most other small societies . Works Cited Ainu Museum. The Ainu people. Porotokotan, nd Document.Ansipra. The Ainu: some cultural aspects. Ed. W. Dallmann and K. Uzawa. second article. March 11, 2014.Cultural survival. "Ainu loses case against Hokkaido governor." March 8, 2002. Cultural survival. March 11, 2014.Farris, Phoebe. "Sharing Ainu culture". October 10, 2012. Cultural survival. Document. March 29, 2014.Stephanie, Schorow. “The Ainu of Japan seek help to preserve their native culture.” 2001. Cultural Survival. Document. March 14, 2014.Tanaka, Sakurako. “Ainu Shamanism: A Forbidden Path to Universal Knowledge.” 2003. Cultural Survival. Document. March 14 2014.