Uyongʉ Yata'uyungana (July 5, 1908 – April 17, 1954), also known as Uong'e Yatauyungana, Yata Issei (矢多一生), Kao Yi-sheng (高一生), was a Taiwanese Tsou musician and educator of the Tfuya tribe. He served as a local officer and a leader of the indigenous autonomous movement in the early post-war Taiwan. Yatauyungana was educated at Tainan Normal School and became a teacher. In 1945, he served as mayor of Wufeng Township in Chiayi, which was later named Alishan. During the 228 Incident in 1947, Yatauyungana led a group of Tsou to fight the

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; when their attempts to take

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were unsuccessful, they returned to Alishan. He was later arrested but was released thanks to lobbying on the part of , an

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leader. In 1952, during the

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, he was accused of treason by the government for his advocacy for indigenous autonomy, and was executed along with five other indigenous leaders, including Watan. He was posthumously exonerated by the

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on July 29, 2020.

Family

* Kikuko Yatauyungana (daughter) * Tanivu Yatauyungana (granddaughter)

References

* 20th-century Taiwanese politicians 1908 births 1954 deaths People from Chiayi County Mayors of places in Taiwan People executed by Taiwan by firearm 20th-century Taiwanese educators Taiwanese schoolteachers Tsou people {{Taiwan-musician-stub