Indigenous Peoples News

10 Awesome Things To Do In Batanes Islands

Batanes is named as the Scotland of the Philippines. For me, it is a place where you will be taken back to another period of time in a world beyond beauty. Batanes was my first solo ...

20m / A / F / Ivatan People / Batanes / Sabtang Island

It Takes A Village To End Poverty And Empower Leaders

Simula pa noong maliit ako, kami ay hinubog sa saka, recalls Gary Castañares. (Since I was small, I was brought up to be a farmer.) A 39-year-old farmer from Sultan Kudarat, he once ...

1d / A / F / Maranao People / Oxfam Pilipinas / Eastern Samar

Protect Indigenous Peoples And Forests

The world’s remaining forests, the planet’s biodiversity, and rivers are found in indigenous peoples’ territories. However, rampant large-scale development projects without regard ...

1d / A / F / Blaan People / South Cotabato

Aerial Footage Of Palawan Indigenous Village Philippines

On the western island of Palawan, drone footage reveals an indigenous village only accessible by footpath. ...

2d / A / F / Palawano People / Palawan

Forests Of Apo Now Sacred Grounds

Another conservation milestone was reached last March 7, 2016 as a result of the facilitation by the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) to conserve the Mount Apo Key Biodiversity Area (K ...

2d / A / F / Bagobo People / Davao Del Sur / Mt Apo Natural Park

Lumad Schools Hold Graduation Ceremony In Tandag City Evacuation Center

As schools in the country start their graduation rites this month, two tribal schools in Surigao del Sur province held their commencement and “moving up” ceremonies in a very differ ...

2d / A / F / Manobo / Surigao Del Sur

Yakan Wedding In Zamboanga City

Read http://hauteculturefashion.com/yakan-... The Yakan people are a indigenous muslim tribe native to the tropical island of Basilian, located in the Sulu Archipelago in the most south ...

5d / A / F / Yakan People / Zamboanga Del Sur

Nomadic Tribes In Leyte Push For Basic Education

Jesus Menjani Esmani, 48, surveys his classroom and finds it in order. The Badjao native from Jolo, Sulu has been teaching high school students for 17 years since his parents migrate ...

6d / A / F / Mamanwa People / Leyte

Meeting The Yakan People In Zamboanga City

I’m a travel blogger who focuses specifically on researching visual identities around the world. After two years teaching fashion design in Hanoi, I decided to save my salary, quit my ...

6d / A / F / Yakan People / Zamboanga Del Sur

Solar-powered Bulbs Brighten Agta Village Life

Technology harnessed from the power of the sun has brightened a community of the Agta-Dumagat in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges in General Nakar town in Quezon province. For two da ...

6d / A / F / Aeta People / Quezon / Sierra Madre Mountains

Batanes Artists Collective When Art Meets Bayanihan

No artist would probably do justice in portraying the majestic beauty of Batanes and its unique culture other than the natives of the province themselves. Yaru nu Artes Ivatan (Bayaniha ...

6d / A / F / Ivatan People / Batanes

End Of Eden Mining Push In Philippines Ends Isolation Of Islanders

A path cut through a forest hillside outside this resort town is no ordinary road. It will soon connect the modern world to an indigenous tribal group that until now has lived mostly in ...

8d / A / F / Mangyan People / Oriental Mindoro

Guardians Of Our Remaining Rainforests

In 2010, the European Union (EU) and Anthropology Watch (AnthroWatch) spearheaded the program “Consolidating Forest Corridors through Sustainable Ancestral Domain Management” in nor ...

8d / A / F / Higaonon People / FPE / Misamis Oriental

Lake Holon Journey To The Gem Of South

It was our second time to visit South Cotabato but this time in the province of T’boli. T’Boli is a first class municipality in the province of South Cotabato, Philippines. It is al ...

11d / A / F / Tboli People / South Cotabato / Lake Maughan

Indigenous Women In Philippines Are Fighting For Their Way Of Life

They woke up to the smell of gasoline poured on the canvas roofs of their tents at an evacuation center on the grounds of a church, the complaint says. It was around 2:30 a.m. on Feb ...

13d / A / F / Manobo / Bukidnon