# Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act

> Japanese law enacted by the Imperial Diet in 1899 during the reign of Emperor Meiji which was concerned the status of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, a population the Imperial government sought to forcibly assimilate

**Wikidata**: [Q11402793](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11402793)  
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