see url:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/world/asia/taiwan-Indigenous-hunters.html
see full report...Another sad tale of country people having their rights
taken away after thousands of years of their exercise...
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In response to longstanding economic and social marginalization, an
Indigenous rights movement has emerged here in recent decades. The
movement has gained ground as Taiwan, a self-governed territory claimed
by Beijing, increasingly seeks to carve out a distinct identity separate
from mainland China. In 2016, President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan formally
apologized to the island’s Indigenous people for centuries of “pain and
mistreatment,” the first leader to do so.
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A widely covered court case tied to traditional hunting has thrust the
Indigenous rights cause into the spotlight.
Taiwan’s constitutional court is reviewing a case in which a Bunun man
was sentenced in 2015 to three and a half years in prison for using an
illegal firearm to hunt protected animals. The man, Talum Suqluman, also
known as Tama Talum, said he had been following tribal customs and was
hunting for his ailing mother who was accustomed to eating wild game.
The sentence was appealed, so Mr. Talum has not yet served any jail time.
Scholars and activists say the outcome of Mr. Talum’s case could have
major implications for the Indigenous rights movement in Taiwan. The
court is expected to issue its interpretation on the status of
Indigenous hunting culture next month.
A ruling in Mr. Talum’s favor would advance the push for land rights and
greater self-governance, his supporters say.
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