Bunun community elders, academics, and other community members from the village of Bahuan held a press conference Friday in Xinbeitou to press National Taiwan University to return of the bones of their ancestors...
A march against Asia Cement’s mine on Truku indigenous lands in and surrounding Taroko National Park today, with over 2,500 in attendance. The march began in front of the Executive Yuan and, after marching for an hour down Zhongshan South Road, finished on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Residence, where a number of tents and a stage for musical performances had been set up...
The indigenous occupation on Ketagalan Boulevard demonstrating for the return of traditional lands was cleared and evicted Friday, on a rainy day in which heavy downpours led to severe flooding in parts of Taipei. Friday would have been the occupation’s one hundredth day...
Indigenous occupiers continue their occupation on Ketagalan Boulevard, despite facing increasing harassment from the police. The occupation has lasted for over eighty days as of yesterday...
Angry reactions have broken out from the indigenous community and their allies after police attempted to remove the current occupation on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the presidential office demonstrating against the failure of the Tsai administration to restore traditional lands...
Indigenous demonstrators have occupied Ketagalan Boulevard for 22 days now. Demonstrators are demanding the return of traditional lands and more comprehensive action by the Tsai administration to realize transitional justice for indigenous in Taiwan...
Lin Fei-fan writes about his support for the sit-in protest that demands private land be included in the delineation of traditional lands for Taiwan’s indigenous peoples...
This afternoon saw a demonstration and the performance of traditional dances by Taiwanese indigenous and their allies on Ketagalan Boulevard, in front of the Presidential Office Building. The issue at hand was backsliding by the Tsai administration on vows to restore traditional indigenous territories, something which was promised by the Tsai administration as part of its historic apology to indigenous on behalf of the ROC government in August of last year...
It seems likely that the Tama Talum case can now be added to the growing list of issues that Tsai Ing-Wen promised to take action on during campaigning but has failed to substantially push for while in office...
Many people will say, Tsai Ing-Wen is so great, she even will come meet us face-to-face to apologize. But now, in the present, we have to confront that her apology on Ketagalan Boulevard. No matter whether we view this apology as sympathetic, humble, historical in nature, or simply a staged performance, putting aside these descriptions, this apology, what does this do for indigenous rights in reality?...
