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Comics series on Bukidnon tribe out
By Walter I. Balane on May 21 2013 4:45 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – In a marked departure from their mainly oral tradition, the Bukidnon-Daraghuyan tribe has published a series of four comics depicting their history and culture. Titled… »
Compostela Valley’s Mansaka tribe chosen for IP pilot housing program
By Mindanews on May 26 2011 5:41 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 May) – The Mansaka tribe in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley would be the country’s pilot community in a government housing project for indigenous peoples, after Vice President… »
Bagobo-K'latas in Kahusayan protest alleged encroachment of their land
By Germelina Lacorte on April 29 2011 12:53 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 Apr) – On the second day of their march for justice and land, at least 300 Bagobo K’lata lumads and farmers from sitio Kahusayan in barangay Guianga… »
Bukidnon tribe to revisit landmark of traditional peace agreement
By Walter I. Balane on April 29 2011 12:52 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 Apr) – Descendants of the Bukidnon tribe’s Datu Mansikiabo-Datu Mampaalong in Malaybalay City have scheduled on April 30 and May 1 a “panendan” or a ritual to… »
Postcards feature Talaandig tribal arbitrator
By Walter I. Balane on February 11 2011 7:02 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/10 February) – “Balaghusay,” a depiction of the traditional tribal arbitrator in the Talaandig community and nine other art works by the tribe’s visual artists are featured in… »
Tribal Olympics is new feature of Bukidnon’s Kaamulan
By Walter I. Balane on January 30 2011 3:01 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 January) — Instead of just playing indigenous sports as it has been the tradition in the annual Kaamulan Festival, Bukidnon’s indigenous peoples and communities will hold the… »
Kaamulan organizers want street dancing participants to stick to Bukidnon’s culture
By Walter I. Balane on January 13 2011 4:44 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/12 Jan) – Organizers of this year’s Kaamulan Festival in are changing the rules for the street dancing competition, the festivities’ highlights, so that it will focus on… »
Higaonon representation in Iligan city council discussed
By Violeta M. Gloria on December 12 2010 12:02 am
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews) – National and local government offices, as well as civil society groups, are bent on fast-tracking the representation of the Higaonon tribe to the city council here,… »
Dam, burial site issues divide lumads and academics
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on November 17 2010 2:34 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 Nov) – The Pulangi V hydro electric project and the claim of a sacred burial site of the Manobo ancestors have divided the lumads in… »
Agusan bishop says Church will stand up for and defend environment if DENR can't
By Alden Pantaleon on November 15 2010 4:12 pm
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews/15 November) – “The Church will stand up for and defend the environment if the Department of Environment and Natural Resoruces (DENR) cannot,” Butuan Bishop… »
Damulog's Apu Mamalu site to be declared "national cultural treasure"
By Walter I. Balane on November 13 2010 10:25 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 November) — The National Museum of the Philippines is set to declare the Apu Mamalu burial ground in Misakil, Damulog, Bukidnon a national cultural treasure, Sen. Juan… »
NCIP now back to Office of President; Deles is oversight official
By Mindanews on November 10 2010 10:35 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 November) – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is now out of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and back to the Office of the… »
IP leaders write MTRCB re TV show Noah's depiction of IPs
By Mindanews on October 15 2010 12:01 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 October) – Lumad leaders of a peace advocacy group have written the chair of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), complaining that the representation… »
