IPs / ICCs - refer to a group of people or homogenous societies identified by self asciption and ascription

by others,
who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined
territory,
and who have, since time immemorial, occupied, possessed and utililized such territories,
sharing common bonds of language, customs, traditions, and other distinctive cultural traits,
or who have, through resistance to political, social, and cultural inroads of colonization, non-
indigenous religions and cultures, become historically differentiated from the majority of
Filipinos.
Ancestral Domain - refers to all areas generally belonging to ICCs/IPs comprising lands, inland waters,
coastal areas, and natural resources therein,
held under a claim of ownership, occupied, or possesed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through
therein ancestors
communally or individually since tine immemorial, continuously to the present
except when interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force , deceit, stealth or as a
consequence of government projects or any other voluntary dealings entered into by govt and
private individuals/corporations,
and which are necessary to ensure their economic, social and cultural welfare.


Native Title - defined as pre-conquest rights to lands and domains which, as far back as memory
reaches,
have been held under a claim of private ownership by ICCs/IPs,
have never been public lands
and are thus indusputably presumed to have been held hat way since Spanish Conquest.
Priority rights
The rule on natural resources within the domains, is that ICCs/IPs with priority rights in the
harvesting, extraction, development, or exploitation
but, a non-IP may be allowed to take part in the Dev & utilization for a period not exceeding
25 years renewable for another 25 years.
Provided, a formal and written agreement is entered into with the IPs concerned
Or that the community pursuant to its own decision making process has agreed to allow such
operation.
Rule on Sale /Transfer
1. AD can never be sold
2. AL may be transferred only to / among members of the same IP; but may be redeemd within 15
years if transfered to non-IPs due to vitiated consent /unconscionable price.
CADT - formal recognition of native title.
Registration Option (within 20 years) :
1. CA 141, or
2. LRA 496


Rights related to AD:
1. to claim ownership
2. to develop lands and natural resources
3. to stay in the territories
4. to be resettled (in case of displacement)
5. to regulate entry of migrant settlers
6. to have access to integrated systems for the management of their inland waters and their air
space.
7. to claim parts of reservations (Expt : those for Public welfare and service)
8. to resolve land conflicts using customary laws (before going to court )