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The Philippines is home to over 110 ethnolinguistic groups. Each group has its distinct language, culture, and traditions. Prominent indigenous groups include the Igorot, Lumad, and Mangyan.
The island of Mindanao in the Philippines is ringed by beaches and covered in volcanoes and gardens of exotic orchids. Mindanao has been home to the Indigenous Lumad peoples for centuries, but ...
Under Duterte’s term, national human rights group Karapatan tallied state-sponsored attacks on Indigenous Filipinos including 102 killings, 69 abductions, 1,173 illegal arrests, and 19,859 ...
MANILA, Philippines – At least 90 non-Moro indigenous people (IP) in the Bangsamoro (BARMM) have been killed from 2014 to 2024, according to Inged Fintailan, the indigenous women’s council of ...
In 1997, the Philippines passed the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act.The act, which is aimed to protect ancestral, Indigenous lands, has provided Indigenous peoples land titles to nearly 5 million ...