Frontmatter -- Preface -- The way of Bronislaw Płisudski -- Contents -- Introduction -- List of ICRAP contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Researcher and friend of Sakhali3n natives The scholarly profile of Bronisław Piłsudski -- Bibliography of biographical material concerning B. Piłsudski -- Bibliography of works by Broniłtaw Piłsudski -- Selected bibliography of works on peoples investigated by Bronisław Piłsudski and on related problems -- Wants and needs of the Sakhalin Nivhgu -- Poetry and songs of the Nivhgu -- Information on B. O. Piłsudski -- B. O. Piłsudski's report on his expedition to the Ainu and Oroks of the island of Sakhalin in the years 1903-1905 -- The aborigines of Sakhalin -- The Ainu -- An outline of the economic life of the Ainu on the island of Sakhalin -- A draft of rules for the establishment of authority over the Sakhalin Ainu -- Selected information on individual Ainu settlements on the island of Sakhalin -- Statistical data on Sakhalin Ainu for the year 1904 -- Leprosy among Nivhgu and Ainu -- Pregnancy, delivery, miscarriages, twins, freaks, fertility and sterility, and menstruation among the aboriginal inhabitants of the island of Sakhalin (Nivhgu, Ainu and Oroks) -- Shamanism among the aborigines of Sakhalin311 -- On the bear festival of the Ainu on the island of Sakhalin -- Les signes de propriété des Aïno -- Materials for the study of the language and folklore of the Ainu -- Ainu folk-lore -- List of objects sent to the Vladivostok Museum of the Society for the Study of the Amur Region on the S/S "Mandzhur" -- From the report on the expedition to the Oroks in 1904 -- Appendices -- Notes -- List of illustrations -- Indices