Bawan simply considers him a member of the Atayal tribe. "If we are the Atayal nation, then he is an honorary member of the Sediq." (The Sediq are one branch of the Atayal tribe.)
巴萬更是將他視為「自己人」，「假如我們是泰雅國，他就是榮譽國民，新賽德克（泰雅族的一支）人！」