It is not that there has been an absence of people doing similar things in the past, but just that previous researchers have always come and gone. Although they have finally produced academic achievements, these have not been of any help to the Puyuma. If a cultural research association can be established, however, "everyone can take part, and it should be possible for it to become established in the tribes."
以往也不是沒人做過類似事情，但研究學者總是來去匆匆，最後雖然成就學術，卻對族人毫無幫助；若能成立文化研究會，「大家都參與，應可以落實到部落」，他說。