Hokkaido people (4)
I believe the answer is:
ainu
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hokkaido people</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ainu that I've seen before include "language" , "Japanese person" , "aborigines" , "Big Oriental" .)