The first public school to become an Indigenous-experimental school.
Bowuma Elementary School began as a branch school in 1949 and became independent in 1965 under the name "Daguan National School." In 2016, the school was renamed "博屋瑪" (P'uma) and became the first public school in Taiwan to fully convert to Indigenous-peoples experimental education. It sits in the Dakuan (also called L'olu) Atayal community beside the Da'an River, and today its curriculum weaves together Atayal language instruction, traditional weaving, hunting culture, and ancestral songs alongside the standard elementary curriculum.
博屋瑪國小最早於1949年以分校形式設立，1965年獨立設校，命名為「達觀國民小學」。2016年，學校更名為「博屋瑪」，成為全台灣第一所全面轉型為原住民族實驗教育的公立學校。學校座落於大安溪畔達觀（又稱L'olu）泰雅部落，如今課程融合了泰雅族語教學、傳統織布、狩獵文化與祖先歌謠，與一般小學課程並行發展。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🥇 Taiwan's First Indigenous Experimental School
全台首所原住民族實驗教育學校
In 2016, Bowuma became the first public school in Taiwan to fully convert to Indigenous-peoples experimental education, a model since followed by other schools nationwide.
🔥 A Name Carrying an Oral Tradition
校名承載的口傳故事
According to the school's own account, "P'uma" is the Atayal word for carefully tending a hearth fire so it never goes out — a story the school itself uses to frame its mission as "transmission never extinguished" (傳承不滅).
🧵 Teaching Atayal Language and Craft
泰雅族語與工藝教學
The school's curriculum includes Atayal language instruction, traditional weaving, hunting culture, and ancestral songs, integrated alongside the standard elementary program.
🏞️ Rooted in the Dakuan Community
座落於達觀（L'olu）部落
Bowuma sits within the Dakuan, or L'olu, Atayal community beside the Da'an River — the specific place and people the school's curriculum is designed to serve.
A hearth fire that must not go out.
The school's own oral tradition holds that "P'uma" describes the Atayal practice of carefully tending a hearth fire so that it never goes out. Bowuma Elementary presents this as the community's own framing of its mission — "transmission never extinguished" (傳承不滅) — rather than as a claim of literal historical fact, and builds its Indigenous-experimental curriculum around passing Atayal language and culture to the next generation. See the Taichung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 6, Ln. Yuying, Sec. 1, Dongqi Rd., Daguan Village, Heping District, Taichung City, Taiwan
臺中市和平區達觀里東崎路一段育英巷6號
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Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Bowuma Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.