대만 원주민족의 正名運動

A Study on the ‘Campaign for the Correction of Names’ of the Taiwanese Aborigines

&nbsp;&nbsp;This paper is a study on the ‘Campaign for the Correction of Names (Traditional Chinese, (正名運動))’ of the Taiwanese Aborigines. The Aboriginal Peoples of Taiwan are the First Nations of Taiwan. Taiwanese Aborigines or aboriginal peoples(原住民族, Original Inhabitants, aboriginal tribes) are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. The Taiwanese Aborigines in the People&quot;s Republic of China (PRC) are collectively known as the ‘Gaoshanzu(高山族)’ and are one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the PRC.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;As the Qing consolidated their power over the plains and struggled to enter the mountains in the late 19th century, the terms ‘Plains tribes’(Pepo or Pingpuzu, 平？族) and ‘High Mountain tribes’ (Gaoshanzu, 高山族) were used interchangeably with the terms ‘Raw(生番)’ and ‘Cooked(熟番)’.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;There are nine tribes of Taiwan Mountain aborigines and they are Atayal(泰雅族), Saisiyat(賽夏族), Bunun(布農族), Tsou(鄒族), Rukai(魯凱族), Paiwan((排灣族), Puyuma((卑南族), Amis(阿美族), and Tao(達悟族, Yami(雅美族)). Nine of the aboriginal peoples were originally recognized prior to 1945 by the Japanese government.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;In Taiwan, the government has officially identified thirteen ethnic groups of Aborigines. The Thao(邵族), Kavalan(？瑪蘭族) and Taroko(太魯閣族, Truku) were recognized by Taiwan&quot;s government in 2001, 2002 and 2004 respectively.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sakiraya(撒奇萊雅族) were recognized as a 13th tribe on January 17, 2007.