臺灣在不同歷史時期統治者的文化霸權的影響，原住民傳統文化特色漸次消失並被主流文化取代。探究歷史，日本殖民的理蕃政策（1910-1945年）在泰雅人部落次第開展，新式現代教育導入取代了傳統泰雅族教育方式，為符合主流社會需求及價值觀，傳統的身體文化失去支持與信仰，更無法融合於現代社會活動。1895年日本透過馬關條約取得臺灣之前，泰雅族似乎仍處於化外之地，不論生活習慣及身體活動處於原始傳統狀態。日本治臺初期，以埔里為界，區分南為較順服的「南蕃」，以北為頑劣野蠻的「北蕃」。本研究透過對泰雅族傳統身體文化（包括泰雅及賽德克兩個亞族）與日治時期「理蕃作為」影響的探討，進而了解泰雅族身體活動變遷與異化的機制，並對泰雅傳統身體文化提出更多深入的討論。

Taiyal culture has been influenced by dominated hegemony in modern history of Taiwan. The diverse features of the traditional aborigine's culture were progressively disappeared and replaced by the dominated culture. The Japanese "Aborigine Colony" policy (1910-45) was first enforced in the tribe of Taiyal, the new style of the modern education was replacing the traditional education of the Taiyal. In order to exalt the Japanese dominated culture and value, the traditional Taiyal culture had gradually lost its support. It was unable to fuse itself to the modern social activities. Before the year of 1895, Japanese took over Taiwan through the treaty of Ma Guan, Taiyal tribe was nearly stateless. In spite of living habits and daily activities, everything was at the very basic state of the traditional level. At the early stage of governing Taiwan, Puli was taken as the boundary between the north and the south. The tribe at the south are known as more obedient, and the tribe of the north are known as disobedient and uncivilized. This study examines both the traditional cultural features of "Taiyal" (including Taiyal and Sediq) and its managing under the Japanese domination. In sum, it is important to understand the mechanism of transformation and alienation of the Taiyal culture and it also has raised some debates between the cultural values of Taiyal and dominated hegemony during the Japanese colonial era