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Defenders of Indigenous land rights, environmentalists, and human rights activists have also been harassed. [57] [64] [65] The Lumad are people from various ethnic groups in Mindanao island. Residing in their ancestral lands, [66] they are often evicted and displaced because of the Moro people's claim on the same territory. [67]
The Davaoeño people or Davaoeños are the multiethnic permanent residents of the Davao Region of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines regardless of ethnicity or religion. [1] [2] Locals are themselves often referred to as a "tripeople", [3] [4] composed of indigenous peoples, Moros and descendants of twentieth-century settlers from the ...
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Mindanao" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Tasaday (tɑˈsɑdɑj) are an indigenous peoples of the Lake Sebu area in Mindanao, Philippines.They are considered to belong to the Lumad group, along with the other indigenous groups on the island.
The Manobò (sometimes also spelled Menobò, Manuvù , Menuvù , or Minuvù) [1] [2] are an indigenous peoples from Mindanao in the Philippines, whose core lands cover most of the Mindanao island group, [3] from Sarangani island into the Mindanao mainland in the regions of Agusan, Davao, Bukidnon, Surigao, Misamis, and Cotabato.
Maranao culture is centered around Lake Lanao, the largest lake in Mindanao, and second-largest and deepest lake in the Philippines. Lanao is the subject of various myths and legends. It supports a major fishery, and powers the hydroelectric plant installed on it; the Agus River system generates 70% of the electricity used by the people of ...
The Blaan people, [9] [a] are one of the indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. Their name may be derived from "bla", meaning "opponent", and the "people"-denoting suffix "an". According to a 2021 genetic study, the Blaan people also have Papuan admixture. [11] A Blaan girl.
The Teduray are an indigenous peoples in Mindanao, Philippines. They speak the Teduray language. Their name may have come from words tew, meaning people, and duray, referring to a small bamboo hook and a line used for fishing. [2] The Teduray culture was studied at length in the 1960s by anthropologist Stuart A. Schlegel.