Icyang Parod (Chinese: 夷將·拔路兒; pinyin: Yíjiāng Bálùer; Chinese name: Chinese: 劉文雄; pinyin: Liú Wénxióng; born 2 December 1960) is a Taiwanese Amis politician. He served as the Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) from 2007 to 2008 and took office again in 2016.[1]
Education and activism
Icyang was a leader in the Taiwanese aboriginal rights movement throughout the 1980s. In 1983, he and two other National Taiwan University students established High Green Mountain, a publication that advocated for aboriginal culture.[2] Icyang obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from National Taiwan University in 1984.[3]
Council of Indigenous Peoples
Apology to Taiwanese aborigines
Speaking at a news conference in December 2016, Icyang said that formal apology made by President Tsai Ing-wen to the Taiwanese aboriginal communities on 1 August 2016 was the first step towards reconciliation and peace, it was also the first time for any head of state in Asia to do such thing. He said that the CIP would also plan to publish the full apology text into 16 Taiwanese aboriginal languages as well as in English and Japanese. This is also another way for the government to show their willingness in preserving and advancing the aboriginal languages.[4]