In the late 1980s, with the rise of Aboriginal consciousness, the Tsou could no longer tolerate their reputation being sullied by this tale of the Chinese "civilizing" them, and Wu Feng's story was finally erased from elementary school textbooks and dropped completely. Even the village on Alishan that bore his name was renamed Alishan Village.
直到 1980 年代末，原民意識興起，族人不甘忍受長期遭污名化，吳鳳神話才終於落幕，從小學課本裡刪除，阿里山的吳鳳村也「正名」為阿里山村。