Though the “ collective village ” concept did not succeed, in the course of this migration the Rukai have shown considerable unity and autonomy in negotiating and communicating with the government, aid providers, and contractors. They have not only won more negotiating space for themselves, but their consistently reasoned and measured attitude has, in contrast with the anger and protests elsewhere, been a remarkable page in the story of post-Morakot reconstruction.
雖然共和村的理想未成，族人在遷村過程中，與政府、援建單位的談判溝通上展現了團結、自主的一面，不僅博取到較大的協商空間，其理性平和的姿態也和其他災民的憤怒抗爭形成對比，是 88 重建經驗中難得的一頁。