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“People from each of the ethnic groups would say, ‘we are the heroes of the nation.’ Everyone is high-spirited. At first, we were uneasy about the phrase ‘heroes of the nation’ but as we interacted over the course of days, we were able to see how the phrase was not unnatural at all. In fact, compared with us Ainu, we cannot and will not say such a thing, because our systems are different” (Anutari Ainu, Vol. 9, April 20, 1974, pp.1-2).
どこの少数民族の人々もみな〃我々は国家の主人公だ”と言ってる。みんな生々している。主人公という言葉に最初異和感を持ったけどね、でもだんだん交流して日を重ねるなかでね、
波らが〃我々は国家の主人公”と堂々ということが少しも不自然じゃないって気がしてきた。果して我々アイヌとくらべたらね、私たちはそんなこと言えないし言えないって体制がちがうといえばそれまでだけど