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 ...
賽夏族的遷徙發展,由於缺乏文字記載,只能從口耳傳說與分佈地的開發史學中,大致可以知道在賽夏族人流傳的口述歷史中,瞭解早期的賽夏族的活動範圍很大,涵蓋苗栗、台中交界的遼闊山區和海岸平原地區;由於陸續受到泰雅族人、漢人擴張勢力的壓迫,大約是在200多年前輾轉退遷至現今居住區域,目前賽夏族依居住地理的差異,劃分為南北賽夏兩大群 ;
南賽夏主要聚落分佈包括
北賽夏主要聚落分佈包括:
南北群的地理位置因行政區域劃分不同,週遭的人文環境也有差異,南賽夏群多環繞在客家聚落之間,與客家人接觸比較頻繁,文化也明顯受影響,北賽夏族則長期與泰雅族部落混居,受泰雅文化的影響更為強烈。根據2006年人口調查,賽夏族人人數增加至5402人。