Fushan Tribe – This place doesn’t feel like home?

Two years have passed since the Fushan Tribe from Dawu Township, Taitung County was relocated following the devastation of Typhoon Morakot. Life in the new village is not what many of the Fushan villagers had imagined and many now face increasing financial pressures. The safety of these new houses and the issue of land ownership, which has put restrictions on many areas of the villager’s lives, have raised a steam of questions from villagers.  Originally from Dazhu in the same region, Fushan was the first tribe to be designated as a special area, and the first village in Taitung to have its permanent resettlement village completed. The new village, located in downtown Dawu near Dawu Elementary School and housing 31 families, was completed on 4th July 2010, now a full two years.

Generally speaking, Dawu is a Han residential area and Fushan villagers who have moved from the mountains, need to adapt to a whole new lifestyle. For example, to enjoy convenient transportation, one must put up with the urban clamor. In the past, living in the mountains meant that a large percentage of life’s necessities could be obtained from the surrounding natural environment and a self-sufficient lifestyle. Now villagers must pay for gas and electricity, a very heavy burden for them to bear.  The new permanent resettlement village is a new home, but it was not built by the blood and sweat of villagers, and any renovation work to the buildings or change of land use is severely restricted. Villagers are forbidden to make amendments, open shops, or engage in any kind of business out with the traditional scope of the village without permission.

In addition, the unresolved issue of land ownership rights has created a great deal of uncertainty and unease for the villagers. In the village it is mainly grandparents looking after children, and although on strolling through the village one will hear the typical sounds of scooters whizzing around and far-off laughter, interaction between neighbors is rare and the feeling of ‘home’ seems yet to have returned! Perhaps Fushan villagers simply need a little longer to adjust to their new environment. More flexible government policies that provide assistance would also greatly improve the situation.

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Fushan Tribe – This place doesn’t feel like home?
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富山部落—永久屋不是我的家？八八風災三周年_安居篇2

台東縣大武鄉富山部落，是八八水災後遷村至今已滿兩年。然而遷村後的生活不如預期，新的經濟壓力出現，永久屋的安全性遭居民質疑，土地及房屋所有權的問題 更是造成許多生活問題上的限制。原本隸屬大武鄉大竹村的富山部落，是八八水災所有災區中第一個被劃定為特定區域的部落、也是台東縣境內遷村規劃中首批完工 的永久屋。部落座落在大武市區的舊大武國小校址，共有31戶住戶，從2010年7月4日遷村至今已滿兩年。大武市區主要是漢人聚落，原本住在山區的富山居 民搬遷到這裡，生活上需要很多適應，例如族人在享受交通便利之餘，也要忍受市區噪音，以往山裡基本生活所需幾乎全都取自大自然、或靠自己勞力自給自足，現 在水電瓦斯都要付錢，對於部落家庭來說，是份相當沈重的生活負擔。永久屋雖是新屋，但不是自己蓋的，房屋及土地的使用、修繕、規畫都受限制，不能擅自修改 或開小店、作生意，這是族人不太習慣的。

另外，居民對住家擁有權懸而不決更是惶惶不安。新聚落仍有一般偏鄉部落的問題。這裡祖孫共居的多，走進部落會發現，呼嘯而過的汽機車聲音，遠遠大過人聲及嘻笑聲，鄰居互動有限，以往「家的感覺」好像還沒回來。富山居民可能還需要時間適應新環境，也需要更寬容的政策來扶持。

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