--- MAIF means or M.A.I.F. means “Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance.”


http://www.canadian-universities.net/Law-Schools/Bachelor.ht...
Concurrent LLB/Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance (M.A.I.G) Degree Program
--- University of Victoria

http://web.uvic.ca/igov/index.php/maig
MASTER OF ARTS IN INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE
The Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance (MAIG) is an interdisciplinary program focused on traditional structures and ways of governance and encompassing the values, perspectives, concepts, and principles of Indigenous political cultures.

---Here is the Japanese definition of “indigenous governance.”
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ビクトリア大学_(カナダ)
原住民政府学（Indigenous Governance）




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Note added at 26 mins (2010-08-08 12:50:53 GMT)
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If this degree is held by a Japanese, it can also possibly be regarding a degree on the studies of relating to the indigenous people of Japan.

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Excuse me, I just noticed that I had put in some repetitious English wording in my explanation above such as "means" in the first sentence, etc.

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- This man, with his MAIG, looks quite experienced in Australian affairs.
http://www.excoresources.com.au/team.html
ALASDAIR COOKE, BSc (Hons Geology), MAIG
Executive Director
Mr Cooke is one of the founding Directors of Exco Resources and has 21 years of experience in the resource exploration industry throughout Australia and internationally.

Tochigaku is better since this indicates "governance" in many JP sentences.　Seijigaku does not indicate governance but "political science." Indigeneous (group) = genjumin, of course!