Native People of Taiwan - World Cultures: Indigenous Peoples’ Struggle for Cultural Survival

Native People of Taiwan

Below are resources related to Yuan-Chao Tung's “Native People of Taiwan” chapter of World Cultures: Indigenous Peoples’ Struggle for Cultural Survival, edited by Sharlotte Neely and Douglas W. Hume.

Agencies & Organizations

Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines

Discussion Questions

Many would argue that land is critical for Indigenous Peoples’ Struggle for Cultural Survival. What have the Native People of Taiwan done to fight land loss to the Nationalist Chinese, and how successful have these actions been?

Documentary Films

An Introduction to Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples, Part I and Part II
Panay
Taiwanese Indigenous Fighting for Their Land

Further Reading

Jen-kuei, Paul. 2013. The Ethnic Groups, Languages and Migration of Formosan Natives. Lynx.
Munsterhjelm, Mark. 2002. "The First Nations of Taiwan: A Special Report on Taiwan's indigenous peoples." Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine 26 (2). https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/first-nations-taiwan-special-report-taiwans-indigenous.

Contemporary Taiwanese Peoples

Young Taiwanese Girl Playing Music — Young girl playing music in Pestle Music Theater in the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, Taiwan (Bernard Gagnon [CC BY-SA]).

Indigneous Taiwanese Distribution

Taiwanese Aboriginal Map — General distribution map of Taiwan's indigenous people, 2010 (base map: NordNordWestdistribution map: Jappalang [CC BY-SA]).

Indigneous Taiwanese Ethno-historical Photograph

Taiwanese Aborigine Girls Portrait — Young aborigine girls from Ali Mountain, Taiwan, 1900 (Torii Ryūzō [Public domain]).

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