This document argues that hunting should be legalized in indigenous regions of Taiwan. It presents three main points in support of this claim: (1) Indigenous peoples have lost access to their traditional lands where they hunted for many years; (2) International law and Taiwanese law recognize indigenous rights to practice traditional knowledge including hunting; (3) Hunting is an important part of indigenous cultural practices and plays a role in their spiritual beliefs and traditions. The document calls for standing up for legalizing hunting in indigenous territories.

1. Hunting In Our Lands
Yueh-Chou,Tu( )
Tuyuq Rabay
2016/12/08
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2. Claim
We should stand for legalizing hunting in the
indigenous region.
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3. Preview
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(1) Our lands
(2) Hunting as human right
(3) Hunting as life practice

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5. Our lands
Japanese just came with guns and weapons in 1914
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6. Our lands
ROC administration set the national park without our
permission
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Since 1980,we were prohibited from going
back our traditional territory and sacred sited
until now.
We Lost Our Lands

8. Hunting as human rights
United Nation:
indigenous knowledge to wildlife
conservation
Taiwan:
Basic Law On Indigenous Peoples 8

9. Hunting as life practice
Myth:
hunting make truku male be able to meet
ancestral spirits
Traditional Knowledge: legal institution to
regulate hunting and conserve wildlife 9

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We should stand for legalizing hunting in the
indigenous region.

11. reference
• Kerim 2015 Hunting as an Indigenous Right
on Taiwan: A Call to Action
http://savageminds.org/2015/12/14/hunting-
as-an-indigenous-right-on-taiwan-a-call-to-action/
• Photo credit:Apyang Imiq,Ipiq Matay,Xiulin
Township Office
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