As a singer, he boldly created something new with indigenous music; as a designer, he goes beyond the existing impressions of indigenous totems and created a modern visual glossary. No matter which field he is working in, Gelresai Chen always manages to break through existing situations and create something different.

A small group with a lot of power! This new-generation indigenous youth organization with less than twenty people is dedicated to learning about international issues and actively participating in UN organizations to speak out for indigenous peoples in Taiwan. They also bring what they have learned from other countries back to their communities to expand local mindsets.

＠前言 From radical pride parade to soft and gentle markets, and further into indigenous villages to listen to the voices of indigenous LGBT, Tong Liao Queer House, a group on gender diversity and equality, is established by young people who love Taitung. The more people willing to take one small step towards recognizing gender diversity is a giant step for Tong Liao Queer House.

When Daway returned to his family land in 2000, it was a wild jungle. It had been abandoned for quite a long time and was severely damaged by the floods in 1959. Daway initially wanted to come back here and live a simple, quiet life in the woods, so although he never received any landscape design training, he still put in much thought and effort to create a pleasant living space. Shortly after Daway returned to his hometown, and started to learn more about their language and culture. Eventually, Daway transformed this piece of land into the “Pinialay mupuzah Pazeh a reten” Cultural......

The way a people dress is closely related to the geographic environment they live in, their trade relations with other peoples, and their social structure. The original garments of the Paiwan people were tree bark clothes made by pounding the bark of common paper mulberry trees or clothes made with game skins. After developing weaving skills, the Paiwan wove cloth with special patterns on them to indicate different social classes. The accessories they wear also carry different meanings...

In modern society, clothing is manufactured in factories by machines. People only care about whether the garment is pretty or fashionable; yet if the threads carry no emotions or stories, the clothes are but a decorative shell. In a traditional Atayal society, skillful Weavers require a long time to train and cultivate. Weaving refines a girl's character and skills and consequently shapes the people's culture and identity towards the family. From planting the ramie to weaving the cloth, the Weavers preserved time and culture in every bolt of cloth and every piece of garment they made...

To feed oneself, one has to make utensils first; to harvest on the foreshore, one has to weave a basket first! To prepare for the harvesting event in the afternoon, Akac Orat helped Kuo Pei-Hsuan weave a basket with whip vines in an family house, so that they could then collect the harvested mollusc and shellfish. It is just that weaving a basket requires manual dexterity, which might pose a challenge to Kuo, who tends to be rather energetic than calm and quiet.

The ocean environment in Palau boasts of the most diversified coral reef ecosystem in the Micronesia archipelago, it is also the international biodiversity hot spot between Polynesia to Micronesia and sits at the heart of species survival globally.

Over the past 20-some years, Taiwan has seen two high-profile planned waves of indigenous participation in museums. The first wave began in 1995 with the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines “Indigenous Village Special Exhibition” series, followed by the “Voice from The Tribes exhibition” shown at the National Museum of Prehistory in early 2000. Both exhibitions focused on the right to interpretation. ...

Independent music development in Taiwan boomed in the late 1990s with independent bands and musical composition increasing rapidly. Practicing bands, taking part in competitions, and performing at various music festivals became the goal and everyday life activity of many youths. Indigenous youth with unique life experiences and cultural nurturing displayed the outstanding singing skill and passion for music cultivated growing up, reversing the general public’s imagination of indigenous peoples with their one-of-a-kind music styles.

The construction plan of the six poultry farms ignited the largest environmental protection protest movement in recent years in Hualien. Following the examples of their uncles and elder brothers, the youth of Tafalong Community are stepping up to defend their community and protect their people.

Usan and Basagala are urban indigenous persons who returned to their indigenous villages to start their own business, and got married after dating for a year and half. Facing the completely different ideas of their respective peoples towards same-sex marriage , they listen and try to empathize, face the difficulties hand in hand with respect. Finally, their parents on both sides all attended their wedding, giving this wedding extra significance.