Abstract: The paper,depending on sports historiography,sociology,geography and other interdisciplinary integration researches,adopts the methods of literature analysis and field research to analyze the transformation process of Taiwan aboriginals’ traditional archery. Geographic information system (GIS) is also employed to analyze of the current spatial distribution and features of archery. The change of the aboriginal traditional archery activities is discussed to explore contemporary Taiwan indigenous people’s adaptation to the change of modern material civilization so as to construct the continuation of traditional culture through archery activity and expose new generation to traditional culture. The research purpose is to explore the cultural dynamics of traditional archery as the carrier of the indigenous traditional culture as well as the modern and traditional cultural links of aboriginal characterization.

Key words: Taiwan aborigines, archery, cultural dynamics, geographic information system (GIS)