In the southern Philippines’ Misamis Oriental province, Indigenous Higaonon practice a forest management tradition known as panlaoy. Panlaoy requires immersion in the forest, with participants ...

Creative heritage. Bukidnon Creatives Guild president and artist Waway Saway (right) urges stronger support to turn Indigenous crafts into sustainable livelihoods and preserve tribal heritage. (MBD, ...

The main objective of the World Bank’s Indigenous Peoples Engagement Strategy is to enhance the visibility of IPs in the Philippines and increase awareness of the need to address their development ...

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 ...

In just four years, the Gochman Family Collection has assembled one of the most significant holdings of works by contemporary Indigenous artists and creatives. Conceived as a private lending ...

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 ...

The critically endangered Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) embodies strength and protective spirits for Indigenous Agta elders who are involved in efforts to rebrand the image of the ...

(New York) – Philippine authorities are using “red-tagging” and other forms of threats and violence to intimidate Indigenous leaders and activists opposed to government-backed projects in the ...

While some 300 members of Indigenous groups from the Philippines' Sierra Madre mountain range were on a nine-day, 148-kilometer protest march from Quezon province to metro Manila to stop a dam from ...

DUNOY, Philippines — In the dense, tropical rainforests of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, an ancient predator drifts silently beneath the surface of still rivers. For Indigenous Agta elders, ...