But when strict Japanese colonial rule came to Taiwan, the tribal leader was slowly turned into a puppet. "You could only speak when the authorities wanted you to. You could only act when they told you to." The tribal leader lost both his autonomy and his self-respect.
然而日本人來台，在嚴密的殖民控制下，頭目逐漸淪為傀儡──「統治者要你說什麼才能說什麼，要你做什麼才能做什麼」，頭目的自主及尊嚴大受斲傷。