Chiri Yukie was born in Noboribetsu in 1903 and spent her childhood there. Her father Takakichi and her mother Nami both were Ainu from Chiri and Kanenari. Yukie moved to Asahikawa when she was 7, and had been living together with Kanenari Matsu, the elder sister of her mother, and Monashinouku, her grandmother. Yukie is well known as the author of “Ainu-Shinyoshu”, first written collection of Ainu divine tales, which contains 13 Kamui-yukara, or divine songs of Ainu people, and is highly evaluated for its Ainu notation, translation, and preface. In May 1922, Yukie moved to Tokyo, but died of heart disease on September 18 at the age of 19.…