近年來，太魯閣族，一個在官方原住民分類中不曾出現的陌生民族要求政府正視該族的分離／正名運動。因為過去的分類政策，他們一直被劃歸為泰雅族。隨著原住民自治政策的推動，太魯閣族分離／正名運動也日益積極。日本透過田野調查政策將原住民族進行分類後，台灣原住民族便出現跨越傳統部落的初期民族，意指一種與現代國家有關，但卻沒有爭取民族自決此一現代意義的民族。太魯閣人因為被劃歸為泰雅族，所以並未以初期民族之姿出現於歷史舞台。雖然太魯閣人的確為實存的初期民族實體。隨著其他各族以初期民族之姿透過去殖民的原住民族運動以進行民族建構，太魯閣人則以實存的初期民族實體要求被官方正式承認其民族身分。雖然正名已經成功，但有關名稱使用的爭議，仍持續至今。此爭議或將影響該族日後政治發展。

Turuku, a strange people never be classified and recognized officially, had claimed that the government must appreciate their renaming/secessionist movement because they used to be classified into Tayal people, for them, a wrong classification. With the advance of Indigenous autonomy movement, they devoted themselves to the renaming/secessionist movement more actively. After Japanese fieldwork, Taiwan Indigenous Peoples were transformed into incipient Nations the kind of Nation related to modem state, but have no activities or claims for self-determination. Owing to not been classified officially, Turuku people has never shown up as an incipient Nation, although Turuku people was an incipient National entity after Japanese fieldwork, indeed. Turuku people had claimed that the government must recognize their identification as well as the will and right on transforming the status of incipient National entity into Turuku Nation in-law status. Turuku people achieves the will successfully, however, the arguments and conflicts on which is the proper name used in law still remain. That perhaps will be the predicaments to Turuku's political development in the future.