Defending Their People And The Way Of Their Life

賽德克．巴萊 (Seediq Bale – Heroes of the Tribe)

Native American The Sioux

There are some similarities between Taiwan's "霧社事件"of 1930 and

American " Black Hills War", or the "Great Sioux War", of 1876–77.

Both stories are about defending their people and their way of life.

霧社事件是發生於1930年日治台灣的抗日行動，地點在台中州能高郡

霧社（今屬南投縣仁愛鄉）。事件是由於當地賽德克族（馬赫坡社），

因為不滿台灣總督府與地方政府的壓迫而發起，犧牲人數近千人，

僅次於西來庵事件。事件領導人莫那魯道自殺外，參與行動的部落幾遭

滅族，被強制遷至川中島（今清流部落）。

霧社事件是台灣受日本統治期間最後一次武裝抗日行動。台灣總督府於

此事件之處理方式遭日本帝國議會強烈質疑，總督石塚英藏與總務長官

人見次郎等人遭撤換。

多年來，臺灣有許多以霧社事件為題材的藝文與影視作品，以紀念這場

戰役的人們。(Wikepdia)

莫那魯道 ( 台灣原住民賽德克語: Mona Rudao) reminds me of the

American Indian, Tashunka Witko (Sioux name), also known as

'Crazy Horse'.

Crazy Horse was born on Rapid Creek in the Black Hills of South

Dakota in about 1842. He defended his people and their way of life

in the only manner he knew.

Only after he saw the treaty of 1868 broken, he took up arms against

the U.S. Federal government to fight against encroachments on the

territories and way of life of the Lakota people. This treaty, signed by

the President of the United States, said:

"As long as rivers run and grass grows and trees bear leaves,

Paha Sapa - the Black Hills of Dakota - will forever be the sacred

land of the Sioux Indians."

While at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, under a flag of truce, he was

stabbed in the back by an American soldier and died September

6, 1877.

Crazy Horse died at age of 35. 莫那魯道 die at age of 48. One was

stabbbed, one committed suicide.

Yeh Tze