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Indigenous peoples are a significant part of the nation and history. There are around twelve million IPs in the Philippines comprising over 15 percent of the total population. They belong to about 110 ethnic groups distributed over seven ethnographic regions (Andolana 1997). Cobo (1986: 379) provides a comprehensive and widely accepted
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The Philippines has a total land area of 30 Million Hectares. Half of the country is hilly and mostly categorized as a Forest Zone and part of the Public Domain. As of the year 2005, the country has a population of 85 Million. There are 112 ethnolinguistic groups in the country who comprise nearly 15% of the total population of the country.
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A history of the Philippine minority administration is still unwritten: such a history would have to delve into the ruling elite’s relationship with those populations who have largely been bypassed by modernization and incorporation into the world economy.18 Yet, as recent troubles in the Southern Philippines make abundantly clear ...
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This article will use the definition from the IPRA law. In the Philippines, these groups have been referred to, through the years mainly by the government, as indigenous cultural communities, cultural minorities, tribal Filipinos, ethnic minorities, and highlanders. The United Nations popularized the use of the term
Federalist Initiatives in Philippine History Proposals to adopt a federal system of government in the country are not a recent phenomenon. Filipinos at different critical historical periods have made attempts to do this in various forms: 1) proposals in the constitution/s; 2) political campaign platforms; and 3) advocacy through
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In the Philippines, around 10 to 20% of the estimated population of over 100 million Indigenous Peoples (IPs) have a long-suffered history of struggle for land, culture, preservation, and rights recognized in the face of numerous injustices and challenges as citizenship in the Philippines.
