Snow Ram, whose Facebook fan page boasts of nearly 110,000 followers, is currently the most followed mountaineer KOL in Taiwan and also a writer who documents mountains. With his writing and photos, he documents the beauty of the mountain wilderness of Taiwan, describing the cultures, stories and indigenous histories intertwined the landscape.

In 2020, Ponay, a Amis youth from Taitung, uploaded a series of indigenous-style covers on YouTube and has accumulated nearly 3.7 million views so far. His mashups of popular songs, indigenous languages, traditional ballads, and various indigenous punchlines introduce different aspects of the indigenous peoples to the audience.

Lost and confused about their plains indigenous peoples' identity, a group of “no-names” decided to find the answers in writing. This is Taiwan’s first cross-peoples writing project and the first piece of popular literature about the Taiwan plains indigenous peoples. Through the words, the authors soothed themselves and healed others.

“I hope to pass it along. I will never lose the ancestral heritage to ignorance.”

Fuis Sao Paotawa is 27 years old, a transgender, and a female soul in a male body. She used to be active in all gender movement activities, instigated and moderated many gender movement activities while she was an undergraduate, and used her own life story to educate everyone on gender issues.

While modern building materials such as sheet metal and concrete are gradually replacing traditional stone slabs and bamboo in communities, 64-year-old Pinuyumayan artist Andoulan chose to spend eight years to painstakingly build a detailed mini version of a traditional family house and a Takuvakuvan. These two miniature buildings will be submitted to the Pulima Art Award and Taiwan Craft Competition this year. ...

How much did you know about Taiwan Plains Indigenous Peoples at first? In the very beginning, my knowledge about them is zero, but now it has gone from zero to one......

Is there any change in your impression and views about indigenous people?...

How much do you know about indigenous hunters before this trip? Nearly nothing. I don’t have the slightest idea whether there are still people working as hunters. On my previous visit to the Atayal Bulaubulau Community, we went hiking along a mountain trail under the guidance of a local resident. We passed somewhere a trap had been set and were reminded to stay away from it...

What do you expect the Amis family house to look like before coming here? Originally, I thought the typical type of indigenous dwelling houses were those made of stone slabs. The stone slab houses have left a deep impression on me because in the past, wherever I went for sight-seeing or school outings, they were the only kind of dwelling to be showcased. We were taught that it’s customary for indigenous people to bury their deceased family members...

My indigenous name is Kuljelje．Paljuvaqan. I grew up beneath the beauty of Dawu Mountain. Dawu Mountain is famous for its clean water. Linhousilin Flatland Forest Park lies at the mountain’s base, a natural environment with vast grasslands, rich forests, and pure spring water from Dawu Mountain....

Inevitably, it has become extremely difficult for modern people to return to the traditional way of life. Various factors such as reliance on the Internet, inescapable use of plastic products, and the idea of resorting to consumption as a means of solutions, have resulted in an irreparable estrangement between humans and nature while we’re seeking to approach the mountains. Since it’s impossible to break free from the confinement of new technology and ideas, why not just embrace them and see what they have to offer modern hikers in response to the change of the times?