Demand the Taiwanese Government Recognize Siraya Tribe's Rights

西拉雅是台灣的原住民族，距今約500年至6000年前(依基因學則可能更久)，在殖民政權尚未來到之時，其蹤跡已遍布整個大台南平原。十七世記掀起了台灣殖民史上的首頁，西拉雅首當其衝面對荷、鄭、清國、日本等政權的殖民統治，以至受到嚴重的干擾侵害，失落土地、失去政經地位，文化樣貌的變識逐漸模糊。但當代西拉雅與台灣平埔群奮起族群振興，西拉雅在重振語言、傳統祭典、部落再造皆有指標性成果；在音樂、工藝及文學藝術傳承、創作上也顯現活絡的投入，長年年各領域西拉雅學的研究已累積厚實的學理基石；同時各種形式的正名運動奮鬥不懈追尋著本該屬於其真實的名字及應有的名份。西拉雅雖然受到台南(縣)市政府的肯認，無奈連年遭遇中央的阻擋，藉口許多理由，認為他們”不夠資格”當作”真正的”原住民。當局政府的作為不但延續殖民者帶來的歷史不義，甚至剝奪其原有身分，與國 際人權價值背道而馳。 西拉雅在台灣歷史中是不可抹滅的珍貴身影，錯誤的政策使它被遺落，但它從未消失過。希望，大家能夠一同見證，西拉雅族重新在這片土地上豁然跳躍，並為他們努力 奮鬥爭取法定原住民身份一同支持發聲！

The Siraya people of Taiwan are one of the oldest people residing in Taiwan. Dutch records as early as the 1600s describe their contact with the tribe who resided in the plains. The name Taiwan even comes from the Siraya language. However, the national government refuses to recognize the tribe denying the people indigenous rights to land and autonomy listed under the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. By signing this petition, you show your support for the Siraya people and our mission to be recognized by Taiwan as an indigenous people.