Wounds of a Century
Indigenous communities share their oral histories of Taiwan for the very first time.
50:15Indigenous Oral Histories Reveal the Amis Forgotten War - Wounds of a Century Ep1
In 1999 Lekal Makor, the head of an Indigenous Amis community in Taiwan, recorded their oral history. He recounted an 1877 ambush by Qing soldiers at a banquet in the Amis village
55:20How Taiwan’s Indigenous Truku Resisted Imperial Japan - Wounds of a Century Ep2
Imperial Japan threatens the Indigenous Truku people with precise planning, precision weaponry, and a sizeable military force. Warnings continue as tension escalates in the mountai
52:30Tayal Descendants Fight for Taiwan’s Indigenous Heritage - Wounds of a Century Ep3
Imperial Japan launched a colonial invasion against Taiwan’s Indigenous Tayal people. In the Topa War (1900-1907), the Tayal demonstrated the spirit of resistance while upholding G