Editing History of Taiwan (section)

===Aboriginal policies===
[[File:SavageTribesOfFormosa1926 Detail Photo.jpg|thumb|Photo from ''Savages of Formosa'', a 1926 government report on tribal life in Taiwan]]
[[File:二次霧社事件.jpg|thumb|Severed heads of [[Seediq people|Seediq]] rebels]]

Japan continued the Qing classification of [[Taiwanese indigenous peoples|aborigines]]. Acculturated aborigines lost their aboriginal status. Han Chinese and ''shufan'' were both treated as Taiwanese by the Japanese. Below them were the semi-acculturated and non-acculturated "barbarians" outside normal administrative units and Japanese law.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=189–190}} According to the ''Sōtokufu'' (Office of the Governor-General), mountain aborigines were animals under international law.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=192}} The ''Sōtokufu'' declared all unreclaimed and forest land in Taiwan as government property, forbidding any new use of forest land.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=183}} The Japanese authority denied aboriginal rights to their property and land. Han and acculturated aborigines were forbidden from any contractual relationships with aborigines.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=191}} The aborigines could not enjoy property ownership and acculturated aborigines lost their rent holder rights under the new property laws.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=192}}{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=195–197}}

Initially the Japanese spent most of their time fighting Chinese insurgents and the government took on a more conciliatory approach towards aborigines. In 1903, the government implemented harsher policies. It expanded guard lines to restrict the aborigines' living space. Sakuma Samata launched a five-year plan for aboriginal management, attacking aborigines and using landmines and electrified fences  to force them into submission.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=193}}

A small portion of land was set aside for aboriginal use. From 1919 to 1934, aborigines were relocated to out of the way areas. A small compensation for land use was initially given out but discontinued later on. In 1928, each aborigine was allotted three hectares of reserve land. Some of the allotted land was taken away and it was discovered that the aboriginal population was bigger than the estimated 80,000. The allotted land was reduced but they were not adhered to anyways. In 1930, the government relocated aborigines to the foothills. They were given less than half the originally promised land, or one-eighth of their ancestral lands.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=204–205}}{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=1}}

Aboriginal resistance lasted until the early 1930s.{{sfnp|Katz|2005}} By 1903, indigenous rebellions had resulted in the deaths of 1,900 Japanese.{{sfn|Price|2019|p=115}} In 1911, an army invaded Taiwan's mountainous areas and by 1915, many aboriginal villages had been destroyed. The [[Atayal people|Atayal]] and [[Bunun people|Bunun]] resisted the hardest.{{sfn|Rubinstein|1999|p=211–212}} The last major aboriginal rebellion, the [[Musha Incident|Musha (Wushe) Uprising]] occurred on 27 October 1930 when the [[Seediq people]] launched the last headhunting party. Seediq warriors led by [[Mona Rudao]] attacked police stations and the Musha Public School. Approximately 350 students, 134 Japanese, and 2 Han Chinese were killed. The armed conflict ended in December when the Seediq leaders committed suicide.{{sfn|Matsuda|2019|p=106}}{{sfnp|Ching|2001|pp=137–140}} According to a 1933-year book, wounded people in the war against the aboriginals numbered around 4,160, with 4,422 civilians dead and 2,660 military personnel killed.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JJAkAQAAMAAJ&q=those+35+years,+those+of+police,+Japanese+and+native,+numbered+2,660+and+those+of+civilians+4,422.+During+the+same+period+4,160+were+wounded+in+connection+with+the+campaign+against+savages....+...+Musha+Revolt+A+big+revolt+of+savages+known+as+%22+Musha+Revolt+%22+took+place+in+the+summer+of+1929+in+Formosa+among+tribesmen+of+Musha+... The Japan Year Book 1933], p. 1139.</ref> After the Musha Incident, the government took a more conciliatory stance towards the aborigines.{{sfn|Ye|2019|p=193}}