For over a decade， I have been doing research with Truku， Tkedaya， and Teuda people in Taiwan. I say doing research with， rather than about， indigenous people， because my philosophy is that research is a collaborative effort that includes the choice of topic， methods， collection of information and stories， and， to the extent possible， diffusion of research results. Yet， a professor’s work is more than research. In fact， the most public part of our jobs is teaching undergraduate students. This year， in spite of the great distance from Canada to Taiwan， I was able to fulfill a long-held dream: to teach indigenous studies in Taiwan with the same indigenous knowledge holders who have so generously nourished my research for so long.

Table of Contents Preface (Chunfa Tung) .............................................. 001 Introduction (Scott Simon) ......................................... 003 Biographies ........................................................ 011 Part 1: Visit to an Amis Community Generations， Connexions， Guerison (Alexandra Dufour) ............... 019 Une Fin de Semaine Chez les Amis de la Baie de Jici (Dalia Elena Tejeda Alix) .......................................... 025 Land and Water， Past and Present (David Kornhauser) ................ 031 The Melody of Life (Inna Kande) .................................... 037 Learning from the Amis (Jasmin Goldstein) .......................... 041 Redefining Knowledge and Identity in Amis (Leah Quinlan) ............047 Premiere Reflexion (Loic Trottier-Le Bosse) ........................ 053 Taiwanese Gastronomy (Madeleine McKay) ............................. 059 Connecting to the Ocean: A Trip to the Amis Community (Nicole Maylor) .................................................... 065 ? Tourism and the Impact on Natural Beauty: A Reflective Essay on the Amis Culture Excursion (Rebecca Stewart) .................... 071 Self-Determination and Land Claim Issues in Taiwan: A Brief Reflection (Sarah Bowles) .................................. 077 Reflective Essay on the Amis Village Trip (Selena Hoffman) ......... 085 Le Premier Contact (Solveig Girard) ................................ 091 A Whole World of Meaning behind the Song without a Meaning (Yusra Kabir) ...................................................... 097 Part 2: Visit to a Truku Community Un Arc-En-Ciel de Bonte (Alexandra Dufour) ......................... 105 Un Choix Dechirant Entre la Reconnaissance des Droits des Autochtones Sur Leurs Terres Ancestrales et la Conservation de la Nature (Dalia Elena Tejeda Alix) ............................. 109 A People of the Mountains and of the Uphill Climb (David Kornhauser) ................................................. 115 Finding Oneself (Inna Kande) ....................................... 121 Learning from the Truku (Jasmin Goldstein) ......................... 125 ? The Sacred Mountain and the Spirituality of Nature (Leah Quinlan) ..................................................... 131 Deuxieme Reflexion (Loic Trottier-Le Bosse) ........................ 137 Vulnerable Research (Madeleine McKay) .............................. 143 Gaining Strength from the Mountains (Nicole Maylor) ................ 149 A Reflective Essay on the Taroko Trip (Rebecca Stewart) ............ 153 Access to Natural Resources and Hunting Rights for Truku (Sarah Bowles) ..................................................... 157 A Challenging Weekend with the Truku (Selena Hoffman) .............. 163 La Face Cachee de la Montagne (Solveig Girard) ..................... 169 To be a Real Human Being: A Hike to the Skadang Village (Yusra Kabir) ...................................................... 175