Makota’ay Waldorf kindergarten is the first Waldorf school in Taiwan to teach in native language. The school is located in Hualien’s Makota’ay (Gangkou) Village where it is home to the Amis people – one of 14 officially recognized Taiwan aborigine tribes. Established after the government’s approval of charter schools in remote villages, February 2015, Waldorf teacher, Lin, Shu-Zhao and a group of village mothers founded Makota’ay Waldorf. The school has shown to not only preserve a vulnerable language but tribal culture.