本文旨在討論近二十年來文化復振歷程中，吉貝耍人從擺脫自卑到認同的過程與經驗，尤其在 2013年吉貝耍夜祭獲文化部審定為「國家重要民俗活動」後，認同更是推上高峰。那麼，吉貝耍人族群身分認同的轉變，是那些力量促成的？一個長期被社會誤解為「歷史族群」、「傳統文化消失殆盡」的族群，絕對可以透過集體力量與記憶重構族群文化主體性，更可以藉此凝聚認同把人找回來，找到屬於自己族群的地方，這樣的文化復振有了土地與人的連結，就會有力量！

This study looks into how the people of the Kabua Sua Tribe of the Siraya Nation have reclaimed their dignity and self-identity in the process cultural revitalization in the past twenty years. For years the Plains Indigenous Peoples have been considered as ethnic groups that have lost their traditional cultures. In the Kabua Sua case, it is found that by collectively reconstructed memories and cultural subjectivity, the Plains Indigenous Movement may help to bring back the tribal people and to forge their group identity.