Non-invasive lithological investigations by portable X-ray fluorescence analysis (p-XRF) have been carried out for polished stone artifacts (Jade disk rings) and metallic rings from the Moyoro shell midden, the Okhotsk Culture site in Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan. Two of Jade disk rings, white in color, are made of Fe-free tremolitic Nephrite, and four (4) metallic rings are made of silver with minor amounts of gold. In terms geology, there is no deposit of white (tremolitic) nephrite in Japanese archipelago, while many deposits are known to exist in the East Eurasia. Nephrite artifacts which excavated from the Okhotsk cultural sites have already been suggested to be derived from the Far East area. The results should support this hypothesis by material evidences.

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Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples houses the “Hattori Collection”, which includes a lot of materials of Attu dialect of Aleut (Unangan) language and culture. Takeshi Hattori (1909-1991), a linguist who was well-known as the expert of the Nivkh language, researched the Aleut language in 1943 at Otaru city in Hokkaido, Japan. In those days, all Aleuts of the Attu island were interned in Otaru because of Aleutian Islands campaign between the Japanese and U.S. Army. Continued from previous issue, this paper reveals Hattori's grammatical study of Aleut by transcribing and editing several materials (T-227-11a & T-227-11b). These materials are handwritten memorandums and mainly focus on Aleut grammar. We edited these materials and added the editors'notes. These materials will support our understanding of Hattori's study and future studies of the Aleut language.

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In the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation, despite major social and economic changes such as the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, horse and cattle herding has remained the traditional livelihood of the Sakha people, who are the main ethnic group. In the report in 2022, the author examined the characteristics of horse and cattle herding in the Sakha Republic from 1990 to 2019 based on statistical data, and found that a large number of horse and cattle were raised in the Central Yakutia region around Yakutsk and in the basin of Vilyui River, a tributary of the Lena River (Nakada 2022). As a supplement to this report, this paper aims to reconfirm the uneven regional distribution of horse and cattle herding in the statistical data for 2020 and to clarify the characteristics of the counties included in these regions in terms of population and ethnic composition. As most of the major horse herding counties and major cattle herding counties are the same, they are collectively referred to as the major horse and cattle herding counties in this report. As a result, the major counties for raising horses and cattle (hereafter referred to as “major counties”) are Amga, Verkhnevilyui, Vilyui, Megino-Kangaras, Nam, Nyrbin, Suntar, Tatta, Ust-Aldan, Khangaras, and Churapcha counties. This paper has shown as follows; 1. In the Sakha Republic, horse and cattle herding is concentrated in major counties, not only in terms of the number of animals, but also in terms of herding density. 2. As for the density of horse and cattle herding, it is particularly high in the Central Yakutia region. 3. The number of horse and cattle per county is positively correlated with the population, especially the Sakha (ethnic group) population. This suggests that the Sakha are deeply involved in horse and cattle herding.

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Dr. Hiroko Hara (1934-2019) was a specialist for cultural anthropology and gender studies. She collected total 42 dried plant specimens in Fort Good Hope, the Northwest Territories, Canada, during her field studies conducted in 1961. The specimens have been preserved in fine conditions and sometimes had annotations for the uses of the plant species in her handwriting, probably facilitating to understand the life of Dene people. In this study, I attempted to identify these specimens based on North American floristic literatures and images of herbarium specimens uploaded on the web. As a result, the 42 specimens consisted of 36 species (20 families) including three unidentifiable species due to lacking diagnostic characteristics, difficulties to estimate the characteristics and phenology, or necessity to breakdown of small organs. I provided photo images, families, scientific names, Japanese and English names, and some notes of these specimens. Photo images were also uploaded on our new web service (https://minna-museum.jp/) and became open access.

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Takeki Fujito was a leading Hokkaido sculptor and artist of Ainu origin. He started wood carving at the age of 12, spent three years by Lake Akan from the age of 15, and later worked in Asahikawa and other locations throughout Hokkaido. In 1964, he built the “Bear House”, a store and residence by Lake Akan, and in 1970 married Shigeko, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. In 1998, in addition to the “Bear House”, he built the Takeki “Fujito Wood Carving Museum.” In 2017, he held a solo exhibition, “The World of Takeki Fujito, Woodcarver.” At the Sapporo Art Museum venue, Takeki Fujito was demonstrating wood carving. At this exhibition, the author was introduced by Takeki Fujito to “Garigari Tombo ,” a dragonfly that he used to play with as a child. The propeller is 10 cm long and the shaft is 20 cm long. The propeller is 10 cm long and the stick on the shaft is 20 cm long. The shaft has a series of grooves carved on it. The propeller and the shaft are fixed with a nail. In addition, there is a stick that vibrates the dragonfly. This stick is 20 cm long and tapers toward the tip. The propeller rotates by rubbing against the stick. In this paper, the author records the method of making Garigari Tombo introduced to me by Takeki Fujito, as well as the background and method of playing with it. The author received help from Shigeko, Takeki's wife, in writing this article.

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2023年1月1日から2023年12月31日までの間に発行された、北方地域に関する単行本、 論文、研究報告、翻訳、一般雑誌記事、新聞記事など印刷物になったもの、インターネットに掲載されたものを著編者自身から受けた情報をもとに掲載している。 また、これまでの補遺にあたるものも掲載している。 凡　例 ・ 著編者名の50音順、発行年月日順に次の項目を掲載している。 ・ 著編者名(ローマ字著編者名)、所属・役職、発行年月日、共著編者名、「論文名」、編集者名、『書名』、巻号数、発行所：発行地、該当頁・数字は書名に使われる場合も含めて原則としてアラビア数字に統一している。 ・ 原則として著編者、共著者の所属は2023年12月現在のものである。 編集にあたりまして、問い合わせに快く回答くださいました研究者のみなさまに心から感謝申し上げます

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