He recalls that there used to be a constant flow of tribespeople through the living room of his family's home, with folks gathering for meetings or just to chat. Although Japanese colonial rule extended deep into the mountains at the time of Tiway Sayion's birth in 1931, the tribal leader's family was still held in high regard.
坐在老家廳堂，回顧自己和部落的一甲子歷程，當年族人川流不息，來這裡開會、聊天的情景猶在目前。生於民國二十年的李來旺，呱呱墜地時，日本的殖民控制已經牢牢深入這偏遠山區，然而頭目家庭的光環在當時仍相當耀眼。