Taiwan Indigenous News
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Female head of the national park system seeks to improve parks
... She said she could sense the wisdom of the mountain forests as passed down throughout the ages by Taiwan's indigenous peoples. The ...
Hsieh reveals moves to help indigenous students
... crystal display television to the students at an elementary school in Taitung County and announced more measures to help Taiwan's indigenous children secure ...
Tribe wants official recognition
... "Taiwan's indigenous tribes are all unique minorities in this country, but we are all the original residents of the island. Every ...
泰雅族的聚落分佈非常廣,泰雅族的傳統領域在今日南投縣仁愛鄉、花蓮縣萬榮鄉以北的中央山脈和雪山山脈的海拔500-2500公尺的廣大面積上,分佈的面積佔了山區面積的三分之一多。
泰雅族究竟從處來,至今雖然無定論,但從居地分佈之廣,判斷可能與早期發展受到許多阻力有關,學者林朝棨認為在6000年前,泰雅族便首先在台灣的西部平原,再轉而遷入西部的山岳地區。泰雅族內部族群分類複雜,相互之間文化差異極大,但文化中最重要的部分∼紋面習俗,卻是相同的,而且完整地保存,紋面習俗又與泰雅整個民族的崇法制度和風俗信仰有著密切的關連。
泰雅族是台灣中部和北部山嶽的守護者,獨立、剽悍、崇尚武勇,擁有激烈不屈服的性格,因此日本殖民統治將泰雅族稱為『最劣等的凶番』,至今泰雅族在其傳統領域生活,對台灣山嶽資源的利用和保護,有著不可抹滅的貢獻。