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Indigenous Tribes in The Philippines (F)
Indigenous Tribes in The Philippines (F)
Indigenous Tribes in The Philippines (F)
Philippines
By: Karla Anne Gonzales
Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous refer to a group of people
sharing common bonds of language, customs, traditions and other
distinctive cultural traits.
Ibaloi
Ifugao
Isneg
Kalinga
Kankanaey
Tingguian
Yapayao
Caraballo Tribes:
These are the five ethnolinguistic
groups – Ibanag, Ilongot, Gaddang, Ikalahan and
Isinai – who together with the Agta peoples inhabit the
Caraballo mountain range in Eastern Central Luzon.
This range connects the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya,
Quirino and Nueva Ecija..
Ibanag
Ilongot
Gaddang
Ikalahan
Isinai
Visayas The “Manyan” People
2. Education
3. Health issues
The National Commission on Indigenous
Peoples (NCIP)
It is an agency of the Philippine government with
frontline services for the Indigenous Peoples and
attached to the Office of the President.
With the theme “KP for IPs!” or “Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP) for
Indigenous Peoples (IPs)”, Secretary Enrique T. Ona of the Department of
Health, Chairperson Zenaida Brigida H. Pawid of the National Center for
Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and Secretary Mar Roxas of the Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG), signed the Joint Memorandum
Circular “Guidelines on the Delivery of Basic Health Services for
Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous Cultural Communities (IPs/ICCs)” at
the Diamond Hotel, Manila, on June 3, 2013.