1. Major events
    Wushe events  Xincheng events  Renzhiguan events, 1902  Zimeiyuan incident, 1903  Truku War, 1914  Wushe Incident, 1930 

2. In popular culture

3. Notable people

4. See also

5. References

The Seediq (sometimes Sediq, or Seejiq, pronounced: {{IPA-all|ˈsəədʑɪq|}} ; {{zh|c=賽德克族}}) are a Taiwanese aboriginal people who live primarily in Nantou County and Hualien County. Their language is also known as Seediq.

They were officially recognized as Taiwan's 14th indigenous group on 23 April 2008. Previously, the Seediq, along with the closely related Truku people, were classified as Atayal.^[2]

Major events

Wushe events

Starting from 1897, the Japanese began a road building program that brought them into the indigenous people's territory. This was seen as invasive. Contacts and conflicts escalated and some indigenous people were killed. In 1901, in a battle with the Japanese, indigenous people defeated 670 Japanese soldiers. As a result of this, in 1902, the Japanese isolated Wushe.

Between 1914 and 1917, Japanese forces carried out an aggressive 'pacification' program killing many resisting people. At this time, the leader of Mahebo, Mona Rudao, tried to resist rule by Japan, but he failed twice because his plans were divulged. At his third attempt, he organized seven out of twelve groups to fight against the Japanese forces.

Xincheng events

When Japanese soldiers raped indigenous women, two leaders and twenty men killed thirteen Japanese soldiers.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Renzhiguan events, 1902

After taking over the plain, Japanese gained control of Wushe. Some of the Tgdaya people who resisted the Japanese were shot. Because of this, fighting broke out again,^[11][12][13] leading to the Wushe incident.

Zimeiyuan incident, 1903

In 1903 the Japanese launched a punitive expedition to seek revenge for their earlier loss at Renzhiguan.^{[14][15][16][17][18]}

Truku War, 1914

The Japanese wanted to subjugate the Truku group. After eight years of investigating the area, they invaded in 1914. Two thousand of the indigenous people took part in resisting the invasion.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]} The Japanese deployed 200 machine guns and 10,000 soldiers against the Aboriginals, but grievous wounds were inflicted upon the Japanese Governor-General Sakuma Samata during the war and caused his eventual death.^[28][29]

Wushe Incident, 1930

The Musha Incident (Chinese and Japanese: 霧社事件; pinyin: Wùshè Shìjiàn; Wade–Giles: Wu4-she4 Shih4-chien4; rōmaji: Musha Jiken; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bū-siā Sū-kiāⁿ), also known as the Wushe Rebellion and several other similar names, began in October 1930 and was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan. In response to long-term oppression by Japanese authorities, the Seediq indigenous group in Musha (Wushe) attacked the village, killing over 130 Japanese. In response, the Japanese led a relentless counter-attack, killing over 600 Seediq in retaliation. The handling of the incident by the Japanese authorities was strongly criticised, leading to many changes in aboriginal policy.

In popular culture

The Seediq people were featured prominently in the 2011 Taiwanese historical drama film Seediq Bale which depicted the 1930 Wushe Incident along with the earlier Renzhiguan and Zimeiyuan incidents.^[30] The Wushe Incident was depicted three times in movies including in 1957 in the film 青山碧血 Qing Shan bi xue,^[31] It was also depicted in the 2003 TV Drama {{ill|Dana Sakura|zh|風中緋櫻}}.

Notable people

• Iwan Nawi, Deputy Minister of Council of Indigenous Peoples
• Mona Rudao, A major figure during the Wushe Incident and a national hero of Taiwan.
• Walis Perin, Politician, Roman Catholic priest and Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples from 2005 to 2007.

See also

• Demographics of Taiwan
• Taiwanese aborigines

References

• Sediq recognized as 14th group - Taipei Times, 24 April 2008
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720200221/http://www.rti.org.tw/News/NewsContentHome.aspx?NewsID=107036&t=1 RTI.org]

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