2019 5TH IIVSWC
TAIWAN Local Tribal Tours
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Amis/Pangcah Tribe- AlupalanTribal Village
The Alupalan tribe is located in the Chihnan area of Shoufeng Township. The tribe is formed due to natural disasters and work factors, which lead to Cikaso'an people’s migration in the 1940s. According to the first group of elderly settlers, this place is named Ci Alupalan (refers to where many persimmon trees grow) because there were many alupal trees (refers to the meaning of “persimmons” tree in Amis language). The tribal population is primarily composed by Amis people. Most of them are descendants of Cikaso'an people and they adopted their language, cultural, and age ritual.
Topic: Historical education about local indigenous tribes.
02
Truku Tribe- Ayu Tribal Village
Beginning in 1968, the Truku people began to fight for farming rights and strive for the traditional territory’s conservation plan. In the process of tribe’s flighting, ACC obtained the 20-year mining rights and many traditional lands from the tribal people. The land acquisition process is full of controversy, that many signed documents of land abandonment consents indicating unknown sources and the same handwriting. The tribe continues to fight afterwards, and the struggle has been continuing for more than 40 years.
During the process, ACC’s mining rights was extended again. In March 2017, the government passed the third time of the mining rights extension at an unprecedented speed (3.5 months, generally 15 months). In November 2017, "Anti-Asia Cement Corporation (ACC), Returning to My Land Self-help Association" launched the "Anti-ACC street blocking Action", calling on the civic groups and publics concerned with the 20-year mining rights extension awarded by the Taiwanese government to ACC in Taroko National Park in Hualien. The road closure operation was called for the DPP government to immediately revoke the mining rights extension for ACC, and a reform of the current Mining Act which emphasizes the consent of the tribe.
Anti-ACC Self-Help Association and the civil society/people called on the government to amend the mining Act as soon as possible. They request, in the future, mining must be approved by local tribes, mining industry law must be completely revised.
Topic: Traditional territory advocacy
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Truku Tribe- Ciyakang Tribal Village
The Alang Ciyakang tribe was formed before the Truku War in 1914. Kalaw Watan, the leader of the Alang Quwtux Pais (the enemy's head tribe) in the Papaya River Valley, moved with the tribes to fight the Tkdaya (the Sedek), who originally lived here. In Klumuhan (Qingchangshan), after the victory, the branch of the Ciyakang River was included in the territory of the Truku. After that, Japanese government planned and moved about 20 different tribes, lived in the Liwi river area , the remote Truku area, and the Papaya river area, formed the Alang Ciyakang tribe.
Alang Ciyakang, meaning the valley that is recessed. The elders said that the valley of the tribe viewing from the mountain is very deep, just like a deep pit. There is another old name of this tribe called Rangah Qhuni, which means “the open tree hole.” It refers to the cussing and twisting of the branch from the upper reaches and the sudden opening and flatness of the downstream. The image is like a big tree with growing leaves, and it also is like a cave was suddenly opened and the sun ray shone in.
Topic: Indigenous community work and services
04
Sakizaya Tribe- Sakul Tribal Village
Located in Guofu Village, Hualien City, Hualien County, Sakul is the most concentrated tribe of Sakizaya in Hualien City. Sakul is named after Red Cedars because there were many Red Cedars in the area.
The former gathering place of the Sakul tribe was in the west of the current Hualien Railway Station. After the Battle of Daguhu Bay, the tribes were scattered around, and then the Japanese retreated to the vicinity of the Dexing Sports Field. 30 years ago, a typhoon caused the flooding in the area of Guofu, led to the migration of the current site of the Sakul tribe.
The tribe has a harvest festival in August every year, and a Vulcan sacrifice in October. It is like a "hidden paradise" in the suburbs, and the environment is quiet. There is a solemn cultural sacrifice plaza, which is a very important field for future generations to remember the ancestors. There is also a " Sakul Farmers Market", where the elders from the tribe sell the cane, betel nut flowers, wheel eggplant, and fresh snails.
Further on, there are Sakura Trail and the Sakul Trail. At the end of the Sakul Trail is a quiet, little-known waterfall. The white silver dragon descends from the sky and becomes the most popular dating spot. The Sakul Trail is rich in nature and ecology, with a large number of birds and butterflies living in it. There are even protected species such as the Sauter's grass lizard and Formosan rock macaque. The ecologically rich landscape is quite fascinating.