indigenous rights in Taiwan

Miramar Eviction Continues Colonialism Against Indigenous

Beinan Township, Taitung resident Lin Jin-di–a participant in the movement against the Miramar Resort–as well as her mother Lin Shu-ling, suddenly received a notice from the Taitung county government that construction cranes would demolish her home on October 21st at 8 AM. Why was the illegal Miramar Resort not demolished and a home with protected residential rights on Indigenous land demolished?...

Anger from Indigenous Activists After Protest Against Efforts to Protect Indigenous Territories

Over one thousand members of the Taiwan Association for the Rights of Non-Aboriginal Residents in Mountain Indigenous Townships protested against the Council of Indigenous Peoples’ efforts to protect indigenous traditional territories outside of the Executive Yuan and Council of Indigenous Peoples' yesterday. This has led to anger from indigenous activists...