Aborigines in the city are an underprivileged group, she believes, and to build up self-esteem, they need real power--by having jobs, for instance, to earn a living--but they also need greater self-awareness and appreciation of the finer aspects of aborigine culture to affirm and respect themselves.
田春枝認為，山胞在都市，原本屬弱勢團體，要建立自尊自信，一方面要有實力﹘ ﹘例如擁有在都市工作的生活能力；另一方面則要自知，瞭解山地文化中美好的部分，肯定、尊重自己。