The history of the Suqaroqaro is rarely mentioned in literary works, and historical records are sparse too, but the essay which Yang later wrote on the subject, entitled "A Tale of the Suqaroqaro," not only won a prize as a piece of reportage literature, but was also used as a course book by the history department at Taiwan University.
過去有關斯卡羅族歷史，不但文學上少見，即使史料也有限，後來他依此寫成的文章「斯卡羅遺事」，不僅得到報導文學獎，更成為台大歷史系的上課教材。