The tribe issued an application for recognition to the Council of Indigenous Peoples in 2005, along with over 4800 pieces of documentation and tribal imagery as support.
2005 年各部落代表集結到原民會，遞交正名申請書及四千八百多件由族人一一簽署的「正名委任同意書」、撒奇萊雅相關的研究文獻和民族象徵物。