University of Edinburgh returns Paiwan skulls to Indigenous community
University of Edinburgh returns Paiwan skulls to Indigenous community
2023-11-06
A Scottish university has returned the remains of four Paiwan warriors killed during the 1874 Mudan Incident. The four skulls had been housed at University of Edinburgh in Scotland. For the first time in history, Taiwan’s Indigenous community was able to secure the return of their ancestors’ remains, after waging a three-year campaign. The skulls are now at the Tainan branch of the National Museum of Prehistory, where they’re undergoing DNA profiling.
Icyang Parod
Council of Indigenous Peoples minister
This case has tremendous significance. It realizes the vision of the U.N.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It’s a very important breakthrough for historical and transitional justice.
Pan Chuang-chih
Mudan Township mayor
In the future, our tribe’s younger generation will cherish even more the courageous spirit of our ancestors. We will cherish even more our traditional culture.
During the Mudan Incident, scores of Paiwan warriors were killed in battle. Japanese soldiers took 12 skulls back to Japan. Four of them ended up at the University of Edinburgh. Their return was secured after multiple rounds of meetings involving Indigenous leaders, government officials, museum historians, and scholars.
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轉型正義里程碑! 愛丁堡大學返還台原住民族遺骨
2023-11-06
歷經三年努力，四具因為牡丹社事件，流落在英國的原住民族勇士遺骨，終於回到台灣，安置寄藏在國立臺灣史前文化博物館的南科考古館。這是台灣原住民族社會，要求國際返還祖先遺骨的首例，也是原住民族歷史正義與轉型正義的重要里程碑。
[[原民會主委 夷將‧拔路兒Icyang‧Parod]]
"這次最大的意義就是，落實了聯合國原住民族權利宣言很重要的意涵，歷史正義跟轉型正義，一個很重要的突破"
[[屏東縣牡丹鄉長 潘壯志]]
"未來我們族人年輕朋友，應該會更珍惜知道，我們過去祖先的，英勇的精神，我們的傳統文化，我們以後會更珍惜"
1874年的牡丹社事件，多名牡丹社族人戰死，日軍把12顆遺骨帶回日本，輾轉被證實，有四具遺骨收藏在英國愛丁堡大學。政府行政機關、博物館和學術界，互相建立協商和溝通的平台，經過多次協商溝通，終於達成共識，讓遺骨返還。
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