Hunter certificates issued to 294 Aborigines in HualienBy Wang Chin-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerSioulin Township’s (秀林) Truku People’s Hunting Association yesterday awarded 294 hunter certificates to Aborigines of Hualien County, a first step toward self-managed hunting by local Aboriginal villages. The event might bolster Aborigines’ appeal to the central government to allow more villages to participate in non-commercial hunting, the association said. Truku hunters yesterday fire a salute at a ceremony organized by Hualien County’s Sioulin Township Office and the Truku People’s Hunting Association to award 294 hunter certificates. The association’s certificate entails a 20-hour course on topics such as hunting culture, hunter safety, and laws governing hunting and outdoor tracking. The Truku community continues to live by their ancestors’ teaching that the “land is our blood, and the mountains and woods our home,” Yudaw said.

Source: Taipei Times August 01, 2020 15:56 UTC