A school serving a migrating community's descendants.
Dewu Elementary opened in 1949 as a branch of Chunri Elementary, became independent in 1952, and took its current name in 1968. The school serves Dewu Village, home to Xiuguluan Amis residents whose ancestors migrated from Bazai near Fengbin roughly 120 years ago, with later arrivals coming from the Qimei mountain area. This layered migration history gives Dewu's Amis community a distinct identity within the broader Hua-Tung Valley.
德武國小於民國38年（1949年）以春日國小分校形式設立，民國41年（1952年）獨立設校，民國57年（1968年）確立現名。學校服務德武村，居民多為秀姑巒阿美族人，其祖先約於120年前自豐濱附近的巴賽遷居至此，其後又有來自奇美山區的移民陸續加入。這段層層疊加的遷徙歷史，賦予德武阿美族社群在花東縱谷中獨特的身分認同。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🚶 A Community Shaped by Migration
兩波移民形成的部落
Dewu Village's Xiuguluan Amis residents trace their roots to a migration from Bazai near Fengbin roughly 120 years ago, with a later wave arriving from the Qimei mountain area.
🏫 From Branch to Independent School
由春日國小分校獨立設校
Opening in 1949 as a branch of Chunri Elementary, Dewu became independent just three years later, establishing its own identity within the valley's school network.
🏞️ A Village Along the Valley
花東縱谷部落聚落
Dewu sits within the Hua-Tung Valley's patchwork of Amis and other Indigenous settlements, reflecting the region's layered cultural geography.
A Xiuguluan Amis community in Yuli.
Dewu Village lies within Yuli Township 玉里鎮, a rice-farming and hot-springs town in Hualien's Hua-Tung Valley. Its residents are part of the Xiuguluan Amis Indigenous community, whose ancestors migrated into the area roughly 120 years ago — a history that continues to shape the village's identity and the school's role as a community anchor.
Find the school.
No. 171, Nengya, Dewu, Yuli Township, Hualien County 98145, Taiwan
98145花蓮縣玉里鎮德武里能雅171號
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