Atayal Atayal may refer to:
* Atayal people
* Atayal language
The Atayal language is spoken by the Atayal people of Taiwan. Squliq and C’uli’ (Ts’ole’) are two major dialects. Mayrinax and Pa’kuali’, two subdialects of C’uli’, are uniqu ...
Taiwanese politician. He represented the
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...
as a member of the
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...
from 1996 to 2002.
Political career
A member of the
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...
, Payen Talu was elected to the
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...
via party list proportional representation in 1995 and 1998. During his legislative term, Payen Talu frequently defended
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
rights, particularly the right of ownership to ancestral lands. In 2000, Payen Talu criticized the government's policies on languages and the commemoration of the
Wushe incident
The Musha Incident (; ), 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 ...
for minimizing indigenous cultures. Payen Talu did not garner enough support in an April 2001 party primary to be placed on the Democratic Progressive Party closed list ballot, and instead contested the multimember Highland Aborigine district in the December legislative elections, which he lost.
Activism
After leaving the legislature, Payen Talu continued his advocacy for indigenous peoples. In December 2007, he participated in a protest at the
Executive Yuan
The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan.
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, calling for the government to enforce the Aboriginal Basic Law passed in 2005, and acknowledge the United Nations'
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP or DOTROIP) is a legally non-binding resolution passed by the United Nations in 2007. It delineates and defines the individual and collective rights of Indigenous peoples, including th ...
. Payen Talu led a group of indigenous demonstrators to the offices of the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party legislative caucuses in June 2011, where they delivered a petition opposing a drafted aboriginal autonomy billI, as the bill did not increase the budget for indigenous affairs or grant them the right to land and natural resources. In August 2013, he called for the Japanese government to renounce its claim over the
Senkaku Islands
The are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan. They are located northeast of Taiwan, east of China, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. They are known in main ...
and return them to the control of the
Kavalan people
The Kavalan (endonym ; "people living in the plain"; ) or Kuvalan are an indigenous people of Taiwan. Most of them moved to the coastal area of Hualien County and Taitung County in the 19th century due to encroachment by Han settlers. Their lan ...
. In February 2014, Payen Talu, and fellow former legislators
Wei Yao-chien
Wei Yao-chien (; born 5 February 1950) is a Taiwanese politician.
Early life and career
Wei was born on 5 February 1950 in Tainan to a conservative family with strong ties to the Kuomintang. He attended the University of Essex and completed fur ...
and , among others, founded the Jiawu Regime Change organization in support of
Taiwan independence
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
.
Controversy
In September 2010, Payen Talu was accused of molesting two girls. After two appeals, he began serving a five-year prison sentence at