Below websites could be good sources for creating potential curriculum for learning about Ainu(Indigenous Peoples in Japan).

http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html

http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ainu_people

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hokkaido/ainu.html

I took a course in Japan when I was in undergraduate, the Ainu culture inspired me in many ways.