# đŸ§‘â€đŸ€â€đŸ§‘ Indigenous Culture | Native Taiwanese / Formosan (?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Taiwan Travel\ **Tags:** taitung, indigenous\ **Created:** [July 21, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965 "2019-07-21T20:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rockefeller](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rockefeller/32/387_2.png) [@Rockefeller](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Rockefeller)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/1 "2019-07-21T20:38:58Z")
Who are the Cherokee, Navajo, etc etc, equivalent on the island, and where are their “reservations”/reservation equivalent? If I ever visit again, one of my main interests would be to check out the art and culture of the native people. Legit answers only, please. ---
**Author:** ![olm](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/olm/32/91247_2.png) [@olm](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/olm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/2 "2019-07-21T20:47:44Z")
They are everywhere, basically. No “reservations” as far as I know. Some areas have aboriginal villages, and they have some special rights for example for hunting in certain areas like national parks. There should be lots of info available online, maybe a starting point: > **[Taiwanese indigenous peoples](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples)** > > Nationally Recognized > Locally recognized > Unrecognized > **[Indigenous Area (Taiwan)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Area_(Taiwan))** > > Indigenous Areas (Chinese: ćŽŸäœæ°‘æ—ćœ°ć€; pinyin: yuĂĄnzhĂčmĂ­nzĂș dĂŹqĆ«; Pe̍h-ƍe-jÄ«: GoĂąn-chĆ« bĂźn-cho̍k tē-khu) are the administrative divisions in Taiwan with significant populations of Taiwanese indigenous peoples. These areas are granted higher level of local autonomy. Currently there are 55 such divisions. > On 31 October 2001, the Indigenous Peoples Employment Rights Protection Act was promulgated. In order to implement the provisions of the act, the Council of Indigenous Peoples designated 30 mountain ... ---
**Author:** ![Rockefeller](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rockefeller/32/387_2.png) [@Rockefeller](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Rockefeller)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/3 "2019-07-21T21:19:35Z")
> [@olm](#): > > There should be lots of info available online, maybe a starting point: > > [en.m.wikipedia.org](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples) > > ![](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/d/0/d0c9dcd3b446bf81d96207dbc204b26c5888643e.jpeg) > > ### [Taiwanese indigenous peoples](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples) > > Nationwide Recognized Locally recognized Unrecognized Taiwanese indigenous peoples or formerly Taiwanese aborigines, Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese or Gāoshān people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, who number almost 530,000 or 2.3% of the island’s population—or more than 800,000 people, considering the potential recognition of Taiwanese plain indigenous peoples officially in the future. Recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on Taiwan for approximately 5,
 > > [en.m.wikipedia.org](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Area_(Taiwan)) > > ![](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/2/b/2b94aebf374fb2395981649c555e64a702663b8b.jpeg) > > ### [Indigenous Area (Taiwan)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Area_(Taiwan)) > > Indigenous Areas (Chinese: ćŽŸäœæ°‘æ—ćœ°ć€; pinyin: yuĂĄnzhĂčmĂ­nzĂș dĂŹqĆ«; Pe̍h-ƍe-jÄ«: GoĂąn-chĆ« bĂźn-cho̍k tē-khu) are the designed administrative divisions in Taiwan with significant populations of the Taiwanese aborigines. These divisions are granted higher power in local autonomy in order to protect languages and cultures of the Taiwanese aborigines. Currently there are 55 such divisions. Awesome, I know some Disney staff visited as part of their wide research for Moana – just couldn’t find specifically where. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/4 "2019-07-22T01:22:07Z")
This museum across from the Gu Gong would be a good starting point > **[Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shung_Ye_Museum_of_Formosan_Aborigines)** > > The Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines (Chinese: 順益è‡șçŁćŽŸäœæ°‘ćšç‰©é€š; pinyin: ShĂčnyĂŹ YĂĄiwān YuĂĄn ZhĂčmĂ­n BĂłwĂčguǎn) is a museum located just 200 meters diagonally across from the National Palace Museum in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. It houses exhibits relating to the cultures and histories of the Taiwanese aborigines. The aboriginal tribes live mainly in the mountainous east and south of Taiwan and have historically spoken a variety of Austronesian languages, so it was thought important to have Th... ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/5 "2019-07-22T01:25:38Z")
Sandimen in Pingtung is mostly aboriginal people. > **[Tribal Villages in PINGTUNG County - Taiwan Everything](https://taiwaneverything.cc/2018/05/28/pingtung-tribal-villages/)** > > Northern Pingtung in southern Taiwan is a great place to learn about the island's indigenous people. Visit a great museum and get to know the friendly local people! > **[INDIGENOUS VILLAGES in Taiwan’s Far South - Taiwan Everything](https://taiwaneverything.cc/2017/02/06/indigenous-villages-taitung/)** > > A short introduction to indigenous villages in southern Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan with recommendations for dining and accommodation. Orchid Island tao. Wulai beyond the tourist enclave. Check out the May/June issue of Taiwan Review [https://taiwantoday.tw/tr.php?post=2579](https://taiwantoday.tw/tr.php?post=2579) [https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?post=133274&unit=12,20,33&unitname=Taiwan-Review&postname=Indigenous-Empowerment](https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?post=133274&unit=12,20,33&unitname=Taiwan-Review&postname=Indigenous-Empowerment) [https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?post=133275&unit=12,20,33&unitname=Taiwan-Review&postname=Lasting-Legacy](https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?post=133275&unit=12,20,33&unitname=Taiwan-Review&postname=Lasting-Legacy) [https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?post=133279&unit=12,20,33&unitname=Taiwan-Review&postname=Tribal-Renaissance](https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?post=133279&unit=12,20,33&unitname=Taiwan-Review&postname=Tribal-Renaissance) ---
**Author:** ![olm](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/olm/32/91247_2.png) [@olm](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/olm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/6 "2019-07-22T02:18:13Z")
Oh, one more point regarding “reservations”: throughout the last few hundred years, Taiwan was colonized a few times by different people. But the Aboriginals never gave up their claim to Taiwan as their motherland of more than 6000 years. They recently reminded the Chinese of that fact: > **[Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan to President Xi Jinping of China](https://chihaoyo.medium.com/indigenous-peoples-of-taiwan-to-president-xi-jinping-of-china-4469d1a3bde6)** > > A joint declaration by the representatives of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan within the Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional
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**Author:** ![BHL4life](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bhl4life/32/90885_2.png) [@BHL4life](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BHL4life)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/7 "2019-07-22T03:08:20Z")
the aboriginals have been here for 6000 years. that beats out chinese cultures 5000 year history! although i am plenty sure the chinese would think of some retort to that
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**Author:** ![Shaun008](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/shaun008/32/209482_2.png) [@Shaun008](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Shaun008)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/8 "2019-07-22T03:40:04Z")
A huge resource is the CIP website [https://www.apc.gov.tw/portal/index.html?lang=en\_US](https://www.apc.gov.tw/portal/index.html?lang=en_US) As for Disney, they used Matzka (Piawan) to voice Maui in the Chinese language version. Edit: if you are interested i found this group quite interesting. It looks at the migration of people from Taiwan > **[Small Island Big Song | Music Film Live Online | About](https://www.smallislandbigsong.com/about)** > > An independent project uniting cultural voices across 16 islands of Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Narrative: Sharing a seafaring ancestry From Taiwan to Aotearoa/New Zealand; From Rapa Nui to Madagascar. ---
**Author:** ![hansioux](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hansioux/32/253648_2.png) [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/9 "2019-07-22T06:29:46Z")
Taiwan is homeland of Austronesian peoples, which is a linguistic and cultural ethnic group that stretches across Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Taiwan to Indonesia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island. The aboriginal peoples of Taiwan once had megalith cultures. ![](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/f/b/fb46d0941e744bc9d987cce9d7f0d0fc5db89728.jpeg) ![](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/8/a/8a96bafe45703b9a4d83b9faa92c84188262eb70.jpeg) They were also capable of shipping slabs basalt rocks from Penghu islands to multiple locations in Taiwan, and use them as building materials. Prehistoric Taiwanese people also had a jade culture, where jade ware from Taidong was traded all around the island, as well as overseas to Vietnam and the Philippines. ![image](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/images/transparent.png) ![image](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/images/transparent.png) The thin cylindrical ware are actually tubes, with a fine hole drilled through the middle. As jade is actually pretty hard to drill through, scientists are puzzled by how prehistoric Taiwanese people were able to drill such a fine straight hole down the middle of these tubes, especially since it is presumed that these jade wares were made by neolithic cultures. There are at least 13 linguistically different aboriginal groups in Taiwan today. There have been more recorded in the past 400 years that had since been wiped out by colonialism. Most aboriginal languages are severely disrupted by KMT rule, and are on the brink of extinction. Today, there are only around 569 thousand aboriginals in Taiwan. Main linguistic and cultural ethnic groups ranked by population: Pangcah (a.k.a. Amis) Paiwan Atayal (includes Squliq, Skikun, Ts’ole’, Ci’uli, Mayrinax, Plngawan dialects which are so diverse they could be considered as individual languages) Bunun Truku Puyuma Rukai Seediq Saisiyat Tsou Tao (a.k.a. Yami) Kavalan Sakizaya Thao Saaroa Kanakanabu When the Japanese anthropologists got the names for the Tao and Pangcah, they asked their southern neighbors what to call them. The response was “Northerners” and that’s why Yami and Amis look so similar, as they share the same Austronesian etymology for North. ---
**Author:** ![geajvop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/geajvop/32/68043_2.png) [@geajvop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/geajvop)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/10 "2019-07-22T09:11:12Z")
> [@BHL4life](#): > > the aboriginals have been here for 6000 years. that beats out chinese cultures 5000 year history! although i am plenty sure the chinese would think of some retort to that
 They paddled over all the way from north America too, which was a serious feet. They didn’t eat rice either, cause that’s Chinese. So they mostly just ate freedom fries, dipped in colemans ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/11 "2019-07-22T09:47:35Z")
Scary how similar those jades look to the ones made by Mayans
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**Author:** ![shiadoa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/shiadoa/32/10295_2.png) [@shiadoa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/shiadoa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/12 "2019-07-22T09:49:19Z")
> [@geajvop](#): > > They paddled over all the way from north America too, which was a serious feet. đŸ€” 😜 ![image](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/images/transparent.png) ---
**Author:** ![geajvop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/geajvop/32/68043_2.png) [@geajvop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/geajvop)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/13 "2019-07-22T11:41:03Z")
Clearly not chy-knees! ![feature-12-750x400](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/f/3/f32f68bff0f8a730e60e7fee6422f901d53bb8d7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/14 "2019-07-22T16:02:18Z")
> [@geajvop](#): > > > [@BHL4life](#): > > > > the aboriginals have been here for 6000 years. that beats out chinese cultures 5000 year history! although i am plenty sure the chinese would think of some retort to that
 > > They paddled over all the way from north America too, which was a serious feet. > > They didn’t eat rice either, cause that’s Chinese. So they mostly just ate freedom fries, dipped in colemans read somewhere they originated from what is today China but were in no way Han people that dominate the China mainland today. They came from China eons ago, settled in Taiwan and from Taiwan branched out all the way to Hawaii. I believe they then went from Hawaii to the US mainland and downwards to South America. course that is assuming they originated in what is today China. I do believe they are related to north and south american indigenous peoples. ---
**Author:** ![Rockefeller](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rockefeller/32/387_2.png) [@Rockefeller](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Rockefeller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/15 "2019-07-22T17:24:52Z")
You got all that
 off the top of your head..? I’m so impressed by you right now. > [@hansioux](#): > > tubes You mean eco friendly straws. They were just being environmentally conscious, man. In LA we’re replacing plastic straws with paper and metal ones. Those whacky Formosans, such hipsters. ---
**Author:** ![hansioux](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hansioux/32/253648_2.png) [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/16 "2019-07-22T17:26:45Z")
Jade straws, someone get me the patent office ---
**Author:** ![Rockefeller](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rockefeller/32/387_2.png) [@Rockefeller](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Rockefeller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/17 "2019-07-22T17:30:04Z")
@tempogain @Icon Gracias! đŸ» > [@Shaun008](#): > > As for Disney, they used Matzka (Piawan) to voice Maui in the Chinese language version. Is there a special version of You’re Welcome? ---
**Author:** ![Rockefeller](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rockefeller/32/387_2.png) [@Rockefeller](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Rockefeller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/18 "2019-07-22T17:34:59Z")
Haha. I just find these native cultures so goddamn beautiful. Knowing full well I/đŸ‡ș🇾 won’t exist if it weren’t for colonialism
 it’s still sad and a shame to know so much art and culture were stymied or is close to extinction because of colonialism. ---
**Author:** ![shiadoa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/shiadoa/32/10295_2.png) [@shiadoa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/shiadoa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/19 "2019-07-22T17:48:54Z")
I guess we can’t blame it all on “ colonialism “ . History tends to be an evolution and mix of different cultures and beliefs surely? Normally the most efficient or modern culture overtakes the “ old ways” 
 it’s not always the guns and oppression, indigenous peoples seem to get drawn into the larger society . It is a shame to lose the original identity and culture of a nation . People only seem to care when things are on the verge of extinction
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**Author:** ![Shaun008](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/shaun008/32/209482_2.png) [@Shaun008](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Shaun008)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965/20 "2019-07-22T22:26:30Z")
> [@Rockefeller](#): > > Is there a special version of You’re Welcome? As @hansioux said there are many different tribes each with there own language/ tradition 16 recognised ones by the indigenous council. The Piawan would say “Masalu” which is thank you and your welcome. [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/indigenous-culture-native-taiwanese-formosan/181965.md?page=2)