Taiwanese Indigenous Leaders and Educators Win 2025 WINHEC Circle of Honours Awards

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Several Indigenous representatives and educators from Taiwan have been recognized with the 2025 World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) Circle of Honours Awards for their outstanding contributions to language revitalization, cultural transmission, and educational service. Following careful review and discussion by the committee, contributors from Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Sami Norway, Hawaiʻi, Alaska, and…

Taiwan Strengthens Global Indigenous Partnerships through Education and Cultural Exchange

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source of information：NDHU NEWS Prof. Bavaragh Dagalomai Jolan Hsieh, Director of the Center for International Indigenous Affairs at National Dong Hwa University, led a 12-member Taiwanese delegation of Indigenous scholars, educators, and graduate students to Auckland and Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. The delegation participated in major international conferences and institutional visits, deepening collaborations in…

Ako Academy Visits Hualien: Strengthening Māori–Taiwan Indigenous Cultural Connections

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Ako Academy with NDHU students (Far left: Dr. Sifo Lakaw; Fourth from right: Prof. Bavaragh Dagalomai Jolan Hsieh) Ako Academy, a social enterprise from Aotearoa New Zealand, recently arrived in Hualien for a five-day cultural exchange and learning program. The organization is devoted to creating learning environments grounded in Te ao Māori (the Māori…

Singing Up Worlds: Ceremony and Conflict Transformation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples in Australia and the United States

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Walker, Polly O. 2007. “Singing Up Worlds: Ceremony and Conflict Transformation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples in Australia and the United States.” Taiwan International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 23-45. Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan International Studies Association. Abstract： In colonised countries such as Australia and the United States, Indigenous and Settler peoples suffer from…

The Uniqueness of Aotearoa

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Pocock, J. G. A. 2001. “The Uniqueness of Aotearoa.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 145, No. 4, pp. 482-487. Philadelphia, United States: American Philosophical Society. Abstract： The subject of my paper is a country of three million or so inhabitants in the Southwest Pacific, a region that…

Te Reo Māori: The Past 20 Years and Looking Forward

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Reedy, Tamati. 2000. “Te Reo Māori: The Past 20 Years and Looking Forward.” Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 157-169. Honolulu, United States: University of Hawai’i Press. Abstract： This paper outlines the current population situation of Māori in Aotearoa / New Zealand as a backdrop to the developments of the Māori language…

Levels of indigeneity: the Maori and neoliberalism

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McCORMACK, Fiona. 2011. “Levels of indigeneity: the Maori and neoliberalism.” The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 281-300. London, United Kingdom: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Abstract： Indigeneity is a multi-faceted phenomenon, and for analytical purposes three different levels of practice may be identified: global, national,…

Language Policy, Language Education, Language Rights: Indigenous, Immigrant, and International Perspectives

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Hornberger, Nancy H. 1998. “Language Policy, Language Education, Language Rights: Indigenous, Immigrant, and International Perspectives.” Language in Society, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 439-458. New York, United States: Cambridge University Press. Abstract： Indigenous languages are under siege, not only in the US but around the world — in danger of disappearing because they are…

Indigenous Thought, Appropriation, and Non-Aboriginal People

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Haig-Brown, Celia. 2010. “Indigenous Thought, Appropriation, and Non-Aboriginal People.” Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l’éducation, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 925-950. Saskatchewan, Canada: Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Abstract： In this article, I explore the question, “What is the relationship between appropriation of Indigenous thought and what might…

Identity and alternative versions of the past in New Zealand

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Clark, Geoffrey. 2011. “Identity and alternative versions of the past in New Zealand.” Pacific Island Heritage: Archaeology, Identity & Community, pp. 5-16. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU). Abstract： During the 1990s, New Zealand / Aotearoa experienced tumultuous debate over indigenous land rights, and the use of Māori culture and language, debate which…