FEATURE: Pingpu Aborigines heat up battle for ethnic identity

A PEOPLE’S ROOTSAn ethnic reawakening of sorts for Plains Aborigines has long been hampered by policies from the central government that erased their origins

By Loa Iok-sin / STAFF REPORTER

“We’ll wait for a week or two. If we don’t get a positive response from the government, we do not rule out filing a lawsuit against CIP Minister Chang Jen-hsiang [章仁香],” Uma said.

Meanwhile, Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih (蘇煥智) said the county government would continue to accept Aboriginal registration from local Sirayas despite the warning from the ministry.

“That’s because the county government is the one that’s acting according to the law,” Su said.