Abstract
Most of the indigenous people have migrated to urban areas due to a variety of driving forces, or moved back and forth between the native rural and cities. With the process of becoming the urban indigenous people, this movement has inspired this research to think more about the idea of the “Taiwanese.” Moreover, the issue of the identity of these people, especially represented in literature works, provides an approach to link land with ethnic history. In terms of the perspective of the development of Taiwan's indigenous literature, this research seeks to investigate the works of Tuobasi‧Tamapima and Badai’s works, and then reveals different attitudes and ways of forming the identity. As a result, the former illustrates the thinking of “Who am I?” while the latter shows the viewpoint of “Which name do I choose?” This comparison not only shows the difference of generations care, but also provides a new way to argue what is the “Aboriginal Literature.”