"You can breathe life into a tribal village by reviving the village's economy or its cultural identity," says Sun Ta-chuan. He reckons that these successive tribal village revival movements have had a tremendous effect in restoring the dignity and vitality of tribal village life. As a result, native peoples have been able to live in modern society with greater self-confidence.
「不論重振部落經濟產業或重建族人文化認同，都已讓部落動了起來，」孫大川表示，前仆後繼的部落復振運動，對原民人格的恢復、部落有機生命的重新連結有極大的意義，原住民逐漸以自信的方式活在現代社會中。