This April 24, we celebrate Cordillera Day. The commemoration of this day began in 1980, when the military killed tribal chieftain Macli-ing Dulag of the Butbut tribe and injured Pedro Dungoc, another leader of the Kalinga and Bontok peoples, over their opposition to the Chico River Basin Hydroelectric Dam Project (CRBHDP). Until 1984, April […]
Tag: Indigenous Communities
Q. You are working in an international Indigenous Peoples (IP) organization. How did it all start? In a way, I believe that ̽̽ played an important role in all these during the Lakbayan ng Pambansang Minorya. ̽̽ Diliman housing thousands of Lumad, Moro, Igorot, Aeta, Dumagat, among many others, pulled me closer to […]
I would like to help our original culture to re-emerge, help people to understand who they are and what they were. – Datu Waway Saway Rodelio “Waway” Saway, Talaandig datu, brilliant master artist, musician, educator and current Municipal Councilor of Songco, Lantapan in Bukidnon, arrived November 6 at the ̽̽ (̽̽) College […]