Taiwanese indigenous peoples,also known as Formosans,Native Taiwanese or Austronesian Taiwanese and formerly as Taiwanese aborigines,Takasago people or Gaoshan people,are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan,with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 569,000 or 2.38% of the island's population. This total is increased to more than 800,000 if the indigenous peoples of the plains in Taiwan are included,pending future official recognition. When including those of mixed ancestry,such a number is possibly more than a million. Academic research suggests that their ancestors have been living on Taiwan for approximately 15,000 years. A wide body of evidence suggests that the Taiwanese indigenous peoples had maintained regular trade networks with numerous regional cultures of Southeast Asia before the Han Chinese colonists began settling on the island from the 17th century,at the behest of the Dutch colonial administration and later by successive governments towards the 20th century.
The Council of Indigenous Peoples,formerly known as the Council of Aboriginal Affairs,is a ministry-level body under the Executive Yuan in Taiwan. It was established to serve the needs of the country's indigenous populations as well as a central interface for the indigenous community with the government.
Yao Chia-wen is a Taiwanese politician and an important figure in Taiwan's democratization movement. He was the second chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),serving from 1987 to 1988. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1996,and president of the Examination Yuan between 2002 and 2008.
The Seediq are a Taiwanese indigenous people who live primarily in Nantou County and Hualien County. Their language is also known as Seediq.
Warriors of the Rainbow:Seediq Bale is a 2011 Taiwanese historical drama film directed by Wei Te-sheng and produced by John Woo,based on the 1930 Musha Incident in central Taiwan.
Lin Chiang-yi or Mayaw Dongi is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) from 1 August 2013 until 20 May 2016. He is of the Amis people,one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan.
The Lowland Aborigine constituency is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s. Predecessors to both the Lowland and Highland Aborigine districts were established in 1994. Since 2008 the Lowland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan. At its peak between 1998 and 2004,the constituency sent four members to the Legislative Yuan.
The Highland Aborigine constituency is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s. Predecessors to both the Highland and Lowland Aborigine districts were established in 1994. Since 2008,the Highland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan.
Chien Tung-ming was a Taiwanese politician. Also known by the Paiwan-language name Uliw Qaljupayare,he represented the Highland Aborigine district for the Kuomintang from 2008 to 2020 at the Legislative Yuan.
Michael Tsai is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer.
Chou Shou-hsun is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2012. He is known in English as Justin Chou.
Sra Kacaw is an Amis Taiwanese politician also known by the name Jeng Tian-tsair.
Lin Chun-te is a Taiwanese Atayal politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2008.
Eugene Jao is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan between 1993 and 2008. Jao began his political career as a member of the Kuomintang before leaving the party in 2000. He switched affiliations to the Democratic Progressive Party in 2002. He has served on the Control Yuan since 2018.
Payen Talu is an Atayal Taiwanese politician. He represented the Democratic Progressive Party as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2002.
Chen Tao-ming is a Taiwanese politician.
Tsay Chung-han is a Taiwanese Amis politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 2005.
Tsai Hau is a Taiwanese politician. He served three terms on the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2008. Originally elected as a political independent,Tsai joined the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union in 2004,and represented the Kuomintang in the 2009 Taiwanese local elections. From 2018 to 2019,Tsai was vice chairman of the Congress Party Alliance.
Chou Chun-mi is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who is currently Magistrate of Pingtung County,serving since 2022. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),she served in the Legislative Yuan from 2016 until 2022.
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