From Takow to Kaohsiung

List of Taiwan's indigenous ethnic groups

Taiwan currently recognizes 16 ethnic groups of mountains indigenous peoples and around 18 groups of Plains peoples (some of which are no longer extant), though the situation is fluid.

Division into "Mountain" (高山族; earlier 高砂族 Takasago-zoku during the Period of Japanese Rule 1895~1945) and "Plains" (平埔族) aborigines perhaps has more to do with their level of assimilation / sinicization at the arbitrary date of 1895 when the Japanese authorities and academics began to investigate the peoples of their new colony. Some groups, like the Kavalan and Thao may be better described as plains-dwelling.

Mountains indigenous peoples

Amis (Pangcah, 'Amis) 阿美 (sometimes previously recorded as 阿眉族)
Atayal (Tayal, Tayan) 泰雅 (大么)
Bunun (Bunun) 布農 (武崙)
Kanakanavu (Kanakanavu) 卡那卡那富 (previously classified as Tsou)
Kavalan (Kebalan, Kbaran) 噶瑪蘭 or 加禮宛 (previously classified as Amis)
Paiwan (Payuan) 排灣
Puyuma (Pinuyumayan) 卑南 or 比努優瑪樣 (彪馬)
Rukai (Drekay) 魯凱
Saaroa (Hla'alua) 拉阿魯哇 (四社生蕃) (previously classified as Tsou)
Saisiyat (Say-Siyat) 賽夏 or 獅設
Sakizaya (Sakizaya) 撒奇萊雅 or 奇萊族 (previously classified as Amis)
Seediq (Seediq) 賽德克 (紗績) (previously classified as Atayal)
Taroko (Truku) 太魯閣族 （タロコ族） (previously classified as Atayal)
Thao (Thao, Ngan) 邵 or 水沙連 (previously classified as Tsou)
Tsou (Cou) 鄒 or曹 (新高)
Yami (Tao) 達悟 or 雅美

Plains indigenous peoples

Arikun (Arikun) 阿立昆 (sometimes classified as Hoanya)
Babuza (Babuza, Poavasa) 貓霧拺 or 巴布薩
Basay (Basay, Basai) 巴賽 or 馬塞 (sometimes classified as Ketagalan)
Hoanya (Hoanya) 洪雅, 和安雅 or 荷安耶 (sometimes divided into Lloa and Arikun)
Kaxabu (Kaxabu, Kahapu) 噶哈巫 (sometimes classified as Pazeh)
Ketagalan (Ketagalan) 凱達格蘭
Kulon (Kulon) 龜崙
Lloa (Lloa) 羅亞 or 魯羅阿 (sometimes classified Hoanya)
Luilang (Luilang) 雷朗 (sometimes classified as Ketagalan)
Makatao (Makatao, Tao) 馬卡道 (sometimes classified as Siraya)
Papora (Papora, Vupuran) 拍瀑拉, 巴布拉 or 巴波拉
Pazeh (Pazéh, Pazih) 巴宰, 巴則海 or 拍宰海
Qauqaut (Qauqaut) 猴猴
Siraya (Siraya) 西拉雅 or 希萊耶
Taivoan (Taivoan, Taivuan) 大武壠 or 大滿 (sometimes classified as Siraya)
Taokas (Taokas) 道卡斯, 斗葛 or 大甲
Favorlang (Favorlang, Vavorolang) 虎尾壟, 費佛朗, 華武壟, 法波蘭 or 法佛朗
Trobiawan (Trobiawan, TuRbuan) 哆囉美遠 or 哆囉布安 (sometimes classified as Ketagalan)

Main source: Wikipedia

Additional information from Council of Indigenous Peoples:

Pinuyumayan
Taivoan (大滿族)



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