How an indigenous community is struggling for autonomy
A look of firmness set on Chief Kalow’s (蘇萬法) face as he looks over his village, the afternoon sun illuminating his wrinkled face and glassy eyes. Though the sounds of people chatting in Amis could place Nanjing (南靖) somewhere in Hualien or Taitung counties, its 50 households live along the south bank of the Dahan River (大漢溪), next to the Sanying Bridge connecting Sansia (三峽) and Yingge (鶯歌) districts in New Taipei City. The story of how a group of Amis people reconstructed the form of their traditional communities in a metropolitan area illustrates the urbanization ...
Source: taipeitimes.com