In 1991 Huang left her civil-service job and returned to her tribal village. By day she worked in the fields growing beans, and by night she learned weaving from her grandmother. It was at this time that she changed her name from Huang Ya-li to her real, Aboriginal name.
民國 80 年，尤瑪離開穩定優渥的公職，搬回部落，白天在田裡栽種敏豆，晚上向外婆學習織布，也把漢名改為原住民的本名。