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Legendarily, these people once lived alongside a race of tiny fisherman who lived beneath the leaves of the butterbur plant. A culture hero of these people who wields a mugwort spear was born from an elm tree. The hearth goddess of these people instructed women to make sacred girdles called kut, for which she is known (-5[1])as the “People Teacher.” A wagtail stomped upon patches of mud to create land in the creation legend of this people, whose men may wear (*) sapanpe (“suh-PAWN-pay”) crowns decorated with shaved wooden sticks called inaw (“ee-NAW-oo”). Members of this people group tell wepeker (“way-PAY-kair”) folktales and recount longer epics known as yukar. These people, who traditionally worshiped the owl deity Cikap and the killer whale god Repun, perform a ritual called iomante, (-5[1])during which they would (10[1])drink the blood of a sacrificed bear cub. For 10 points, what people who revere kamuy (“kah-MOO-ee”) are indigenous (10[1])to Hokkaido? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Ainu people [or Utari] (The first sentence refers to korpokkur; the second sentence refers to Ae-oynu-Kamuy; the third to Kamuy-huci.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan Holtzmanthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsThompson et al.55-5
Munir SiddiquiI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms124-5
Eric MukherjeeCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!UBC12810
Conor ThompsonThompson et al.throw away your cards, rally in the streets14610
Arjun VijaykumarAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire14910

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