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 ...

Catholic bishops joined tribal leaders and advocacy groups to denounce the recent arrest of 10 indigenous tribal people in Palawan province for defending their ancestral land from alleged encroachment ...

For instance, with support from the Forest Foundation Philippines, funded by debt-for-nature swaps, XSF partnered with seven ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s Association of Reservists and Reservist Administrators of the Philippines (ARRAPI), 2nd Wing Command under the ...

The Heron and the Eagle is an excerpt from the Tulelangan, an epic song of the Ilianen Manobo people where Tulalang battles a giant eagle, turning him from foe to friend. One of the 11 tales from Once ...

The report, "No Data, No Story: Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines," was produced in response to the challenge of articulating meaningful and targeted poverty reduction strategies without reliable ...

The Philippine government, with U.S. support, has engaged in violent, extralegal repression of activists, the tribunal found. The verdict is one step toward justice. Eufemia Cullamat and Jeany Hayahay ...

The Philippines Church has extended support to the Ati tribal people’s struggle to protect land awarded to them by the government on Boracay Island, a popular tourist spot renowned for white sand ...

Collecting data and statistics on indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities worldwide has historically been challenging. Different countries use varying criteria to identify these populations, limiting ...