| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 民族發展與社會工作學系 === 101 === The thesis aims to explore the relationship between Huadong Line Railway and the Pangcah(Amis) Indigenous People, with Cikasuan tribe as a case study. Literature and data are interpreted under the framework of dependency theory from developmental studies. With literature analysis and case study as the research methods, the discussion extends from the “dot-like” Cikasuan community to the “linear” Huadong Line Railway and then expands to its “macroscopic” multifaceted influences, in order to observe how Cikasuan tribe had been affected by the government intervention and what effects had been caused before and after the construction of Taidong Light Railway, Taidong Line Railway, and Huadong Line Railway, thus reflecting upon the interrelations among “indigenous people,” “railway transportation,” and “the nation.”.
The thesis has found out that the government, as the designer of transportation policy for Eastern Taiwan, while carrying out its Eastern Taiwan developmental plan, had caused the land of Cikasuan tribe to be nation-owned after the occurrence of Cikasuan Incident, as the Office of Governor-General of Taiwan implemented a group migration policy on Cikasuan tribe, relocating Cikasuan people to areas along Taidong Line Railway. The thesis shows that due to the lack of land for livelihood and the government’s compulsory migration policy, Cikasuan people could no longer live in their homeland. Also, the government exploited the labor force left in Cikasuan community for enterprises and railway construction related to Eastern Taiwan development, causing collapse of tribal organization and crises in cultural identification.
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