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MYTHOLOGIES OF THE AMIS TRIBE

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The  Amis  ( Amis :  Amis, Ami, Pangcah ;  Chinese :  阿美族 ;  pinyin :  Āměizú ), also known as the Pangcah, are an indigenous  Austronesian   ethnic group  native to  Taiwan . They speak the  Amis language  ( Caciyaw no Pangcah ; 阿美族語), an  Austronesian  language, and are one of the sixteen officially recognized Taiwanese indigenous peoples. The traditional territory of the Amis includes the long, narrow valley between the Central Mountains and the Coastal Mountains ( Huadong Valley ), the Pacific coastal plain eastern to the Coastal Mountains and the  Hengchun  Peninsula. In 2014, the Amis numbered 200,604. This was approximately 37.1% of Taiwan’s total indigenous population, making them the largest indigenous group. The Amis are primarily fishermen due to their coastal location. They traditionally had a  matrilineal  kinship system, by which inheritance and property pass ...
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MYTHOLOGIES OF THE SEEDIQ TRIBE

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  The  Seediq  (sometimes Sediq, Seejiq, pronounced:  [seˈʔediq] ,  [səˈdiq] ,  [səˈʔəɟiq] ;  Chinese :  賽德克族 ; pinyin: Sàidékèzú) are a  Taiwanese indigenous people  who live primarily in  Nantou County  and  Hualien County . Their language is also known as  Seediq . They were officially recognized as Taiwan’s 14th indigenous group on 23 April 2008. Previously, the Seediq, along with the closely related  Truku people , were classified as  Atayal . Starting from 1897, the Japanese began a road building program that brought them into the indigenous people’s territory. This was seen as invasive. Contacts and conflicts escalated and some indigenous people were killed. In 1901, in a battle with the Japanese, indigenous people defeated 670 Japanese soldiers. As a result of this, in 1902, the Japanese isolated Wushe. The Musha Incident (Chinese and Japanese: 霧社事件; pinyin: Wùshè Shìjiàn; Wade–Giles: Wu4-s...
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