Long before modern Taiwan, its first inhabitants were Austronesian peoples whose culture and seafaring skills spread across the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This video explores the origins of Taiwan’s ...

Taiwan is the homeland of 16 officially recognised Indigenous tribal groups who have inhabited the island for thousands of years, each with distinct languages, cultures, spiritual traditions and ...

Members of Indigenous groups protest for a stronger law granting rights to Pingpu peoples, May 21, 2025. Credit: Facebook/ Central Taiwan Ping-Pu Indigenous Groups Youth Alliance On October 17, 2025, ...

Taiwan’s Pingpu Indigenous group is one step closer to full recognition. The legal changes follow a landmark 2022 Constitutional Court ruling that said all Austronesian-speaking peoples beyond ...

Taiwan’s first female aboriginal director Laha Mebow is presenting her upcoming feature “The Skull Oracle,” a dark intergenerational story about women of the Tayal indigenous people, at Busan’s Asian ...

Notes from Central Taiwan is a column written by long-term resident Michael Turton, who provides incisive commentary informed by three decades of living in and writing about his adoptive country. The ...

Mountain rescue teams crewed by indigenous personnel are being established by the Ministry of the Interior in 12 regions, the National Fire Agency (NFA) said in a news release. The Indigenous Special ...

Twenty Ifugao State University (IFSU) athletes showcased their cultural heritage and physical prowess in traditional events as part of the Philippine delegation to the 2025 World Indigenous ...

Mickela learns dance & music traditions from Taiwan’s Amis & Tsou indigenous communities. Of the 16 federally recognized tribes in Taiwan, Mickela meets with the Amis tribe, the largest of the tribes, ...