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Taiwan recognizes Siraya as 17th Indigenous group | Taiwan News | Jul. 30, 2026 15:24 (www.taiwannews.com.tw)
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This has been a long time coming. I'm happy to see this for the Siraya community. I hope the other indigenous groups seeking this recognition also get it.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, who are the Siraya peoples, please..?

[–] hasnep@lemmy.ml 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Indigenous Taiwanese, from the area now called Tainan. From what I can tell the name Taiwan comes from the Sirayan language.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago

Interesting.