aboriginal

• “The word aboriginal means “with the origin”—in other words, “awareness of the original intention” of life.”

  Simon & Schuster: Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar

• “{179b} The term aboriginal is here suggested, as more correct than spontaneous, the one hitherto generally used.”

  Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

• “I find it ironic that you are so critical of a brief reuter’s newsfeed even making an erroneous assumption of the term aboriginal while unquestioningly accepting de-facto editorials from the Taipei Times.”

  Su Says Yes to Yasukuni » Japundit Blog

• “Stories have circulated about fraud and exploitation of artists for almost as long as there was a buck to be made in aboriginal art.”

  June 2006

• “Of the four main aboriginal villages in the lands around the Bay of Tayouan, the company's closest ally was Sinkan, which was the smallest, having a population of around 1,000.”

  How Taiwan Became Chinese

• “The company was still technically at peace with all of the villages, so the governor ordered his troops not to attack the pirates if they sought refuge in aboriginal villages. 4 He soon learned, however, that "the inhabitants of the village of Mattau, which can be reached via the river of Wankan, are harboring [the] pirate junks along with 170 Chinese pirates, whom they have lodged in their houses.”

  How Taiwan Became Chinese

• “There may have been Chinese hunters, such as the pirate Yan Siqi, who is said to have died of a fever after hunting (打圍), but they were likely few, for aboriginal villages jealously guarded their hunting fields. 5 The aborigines exchanged venison and hides for salt, iron, and clothing brought by Chinese traders, many of whom sojourned in aboriginal villages.”

  How Taiwan Became Chinese

• “Note 29: Company officials might have adopted such grand public speech quite consciously to suit aboriginal political culture, for Candidius wrote glowingly of the eloquence displayed in aboriginal village meetings: "Yes, I believe Demosthenes would not have been richer and more fluent in words" (Blussé's translation, "Retribution and Remorse"). back”

  How Taiwan Became Chinese

• “Moreover, aborigines and Chinese traders alike repeatedly requested that Chinese be allowed to live in aboriginal villages.”

  How Taiwan Became Chinese

• “Well, here I am!" he said. 85 McGovern also found that, among the Paiwan (one of the main aboriginal peoples of Taiwan), the killing of strangers was considered an act of self-defense unless those strangers had fair hair and blue eyes — this, too, she interprets as evidence that the Dutch were revered.”

  How Taiwan Became Chinese

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