Uyongʉ Yata'uyungana


Uyongʉ Yata'uyungana, Japanese name Yata Kazuo, Chinese name Gao Yisheng, was a Taiwanese Tsou musician and educator of the tribe Tfuya. He served as a local officer and a leader of indigenous autonomous movement in the early post-war Taiwan. He was accused of treason by the government of the Republic of China and eventually be arrested and executed.
Yata'uyungana was educated at Tainan Normal School and became a teacher. In 1945, he served as mayor of Wufeng Township in Chiayi, which later was name Alishan.

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