Quiz 3 Indigenous People in The Philippines

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Ethno Archaeology- a tool used by archaeologists for Ethnological study of people for

archaeological results.

Culture:
* non-material
* material

Philippine Ethnic Landscape


● Archipelago of 7, 500 islands
● At least 106 ethnic groups
● More than 180 languages
● Diverse religious traditions

MAJOR ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUPS


2000 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING
● TAGALOG 28.16%
● CEBUANO 23.18%
● ILOKANO 9.07%
● HILIGAYNON 7.57%
● BIKOL 6.01%
● WARAY 3.36%
● KAPAMPANGAN 3.03%
● PANGASINAN 1.78%

= 82% of the Ph population

★ 8 Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Philippines


- Shows the characteristics of western colonizers

★ The remaining 8% is composed of the Indigenous peoples in the ethnolinguistic


groups in Ph.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE (Definitions)


ANTHROPOLOGICAL
● THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF PARTICULAR TERRITORIES
PHILIPPINE STATE
● OFTEN DESCENDANTS OF TRIBES PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON AS A CULTURALLY
DISTINCT COLONIZED PEOPLE; MANY OF WHOM ASPIRE TO AUTONOMY
(KOTTAK 2000.
IPRA
- A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO THROUGH RESISTANCE TO POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL IN ROADS OF COLONIZATION, NON-INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS AND
CULTURES, BECOME HISTORICALLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE MAJORITY OF
THE FILIPINOS (IPRA, CHAPTER 2 SECTION 3H).
- Resisted the colonizers by:
● outrighting warfare to colonizers
● moral wars by bangsamoro
● Igorot raids in Northern Luzon
● Retreat to their lands

The indigenous peoples groups:


- NEGRITO
- CORDILLERA PEOPLE
- CAGAYAN VALLEY GROUPS
- MANGYAN
- PALAWAN GROUPS
- VISAYAN GROUPS
- LUMADNON
- BANGSAMORO

Negritos
● Negrito means "little black people" in Spanish.
● The Negritos are the aboriginal people of the Philippines.
● They are believed to have come to the Philippines from Mainland Asia approximately
30, 000 years ago.

Distribution of Negrito Population in the Philippines


● Ayta
● Ati
● Batak
● Agta
● Dumagat
● Mamanwa

Characteristics of Negritos:
● Dark skin
● Wavy hair
● Small height

Negrito Culture
● TRADITIONALLY ENGAGED IN HUNTING-GATHERING.
● THE AGTA OF NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE ARE STILL NOMADIC, WHILE THE
REST ARE SEMI-NOMADIC OR SEMI-SEDENTARY.
● HAVE LOST THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGES AND NOW SPEAK
LANGUAGES BORROWED FROM NEIGHBORING POPULATIONS.

Cordillera People
> Indigenous people of CAR in Northern Luzon.
> They inhabit the Gran Cordillera Central - biggest mountain range in the country.

Groups:
● Bontok
● Ibaloy
● Ifugao
● Isnag
● Itneg
● l'wak
● Kalanguya
● Kalinga

Cordillera Culture
CAR (CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION)
● CONSISTS OF VILLAGES CALLED "ILI"
● ELDERS SITTING AS A COUNCIL
● ACT AS LEADERS OF THE VILLAGE (OLDER MEN)
● TRADITIONALLY, ENDEMIC WARFARE IN AREA BECAUSE OF THE PRACTICE OF
HEAD-TAKING.
● PEACE IN MAINTAINED THROUGH BILATERAL PEACE PACTS BETWEEN
VILLAGERS.
- Called as an autonomous village because they resolve their own conflicts.

Land Use and Ownership in Kalinga


● Land Use and Ownership in Kalinga
- Different system in land ownership

●  ICE TERRACES ARE FAMILY OWNED;


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● SWIDDEN FIELDS ARE OWNED THROUGH USUFRUCT;
● WOODLANDS ARE OWNED THROUGH KIN GROUP;
● FORESTS ARE COMMONLY OWNED;
● BURIAL GROUNDS ARE OWNED BY SPIRITS;
● FORESTS ARE COMMONALY
● OWNED;RESIDENTIAL ARAS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.

Cagayan Valley People


● Speak Ibanagic languages
● Dominantly Christian
● Relatively high degree of acculturation
Groups:
● Bugkalot
● Gaddang
● Ibanag
● Ibatan
● Isinay
● Itawes
● Itbayaten
● Ivatan
● Kalinga
● Malaweg
● Yogad

MANGYAN OF MINDORO ISLAND


● Indigenous people of Mindoro Island
● The word Mangyan means human being.
● They are composed of various ethnic groups with their own languages.

Groups:
● Alangan
● Bangon
● Buhid
● Gubatnon
● Hanunoo Mangyan
● Iraya
● Ratagnon
● Tadyawan
● Tau Buid

Traditional Subsistence
- PRIMARILY SWIDDEN AGRICULTURISTS (A.K.A. SHIFTING AGRICULTURALISTS,
SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURALISTS)
- SUPPLEMENTED BY HUNTING AND GATHERING.
- SEMI-NOMADIC
- STRONG ATTACHMENT TO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.
- GENERALLY HAVE SUSTAINABLE
- SUBSISTENCE PRACTICES ( E.G. LONG FALLOW PERIOD AND PROPAGATION

PALAWAN PEOPLE
● Primarily swidden agriculturists (a.k.a.
● shifting agriculturalists, slash-and-burn agriculturalists)
● Anchored in the protection of the environment and respect for biodiversity

Groups:
● Agutaynen
● Cuyonon
● Kagayanen
● Ke-ney
● Palawan
● Tagbanwa
● Tao't Bato

Palawan People Culture


● Pagdiwata Ritual (Shaman)
- Has a gift of power to heal
● Drinking Rice Wine

VISAYAN GROUP
● Traditionally live in interior upland areas of Visayas.
● Farming communities.
● Eskaya script.

Groups:
● Aklanon
● Boholano
● Bukidnon/ Sulodnon
● Eskaya
● Magahat

LUMADNON OF MINDANAO

● The term "lumad" is a Visayan word which means "native". Thus, it is an exonym to
refer to the Indigenous peoples of Mindanao.
● Traditionally, they are non-Christians, non-Muslim groups of Mindanao.
● Traditionally, their villages were led by headmen or chieftains (datu)
● Nowadays there are a lot of Christians and Muslims in the group

LUMAD GROUPS:
● Bagobo
● B'laan
● Bukidnon
● Higaonon
● Mandaya
● Manobo
● Mansaka
● Matigsalug
● Subanen
● Tagakaolo
● T'boli
● Teduray
● Ubo
Lumad Material Culture
● Tinalak weaving “Dream Weavers”
● T’buli brassware

BANGSAMORO
● Islamized group of Mindanao, Sulu and Southern Palawan.
● Established Sultanates prior to the coming of the Spaniards in the Philippines.

GROUPS:
● Badjao
● tranum
● Jama Mapun
● Maguindanaon
● Meranao
● Molbog
● Sama
● Tausug
● Yakan

Bangsamoro Material Culture


● Tausug Kalis
● Turugan (Traditional House)

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