Bukut ’ s home village of Jiumei early on produced quite a few elementary school teachers, and they have served as role models. Parents began to emphasize education. Currently, Xinyi Township has produced six Aboriginal principals — four from the village of Jiumei alone. Two from Jiumei have also gone on to lead county or city indigenous peoples ’ bureaus.
馬彼得的家鄉久美部落，早年出了不少小學老師，在部落起了「榜樣」作用，家長開始重視教育；現在信義鄉有 6 位原住民校長，久美村就占了 4 位，還有兩位地方縣市的原民局長也是久美人。