06 May 2021

“Hunting is an integral part in our Indigenous culture. The offering of animals is often the most important process in our traditional religious rituals, which includes funerals, harvesting festivals, and prayers. I think it is unfair to even have to ask the government for the 'legal right' to hunt. The [Republic of China] government took over our homeland a few decades ago. We, the Indigenous people of Taiwan, have existed on this island living with our lives for millennia. Did the government ask for the “right” to rule over us when they took control?”

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Baubu Caljas

   Director, Normal Citizen

Paiwan hunter who leads an Indigenous youth organisation in southern Taiwan

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Indigenous people in Taiwan

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruling on whether Indigenous hunters should be restricted to using homemade guns and traps to kill animals, and whether they should be required to apply for government permission ahead of their hunt