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Ancestral domain or ancestral lands are the lands, territories and resources of indigenous peoples, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The term differs from indigenous land rights, Aboriginal title or Native Title by directly indicating relationship to land based on ancestry, while domain indicates relationships beyond material lands and territories, including spiritual and cultural ...
The 1997 IPRA Law defines ancestral domains as "areas generally belonging to ICCs/IPs comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present ...
In the Philippines, the term is used to refer to indigenous peoples' land rights in law. [12] Ancestral lands are referred to in the Philippines Constitution. Article XII, Section 5 says: "The State, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and national development policies and programs, shall protect the rights of indigenous cultural ...
The ancestral domain is currently ruled by HM Tribal Chieftain Rodolfo Aguilar I, assisted by his Council of Elders. The Calamian Tagbanwa of Coron filed the first formal legal claim in the Philippines for their "ancestral waters". [7] The initiative also became the first ancestral waters claim to be recognized by a government. [8]
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]
Attorneys and others who work to help landowners gain clear title to their land say that for decades, countless Black property owners simply passed their land on to heirs through word of mouth.
Scholars and pro-indigenous groups have criticized this section as it effectively destroys any ancestral land claim before 1997. Historians have pointed out that most indigenous groups in the Philippines have been in the archipelago prior to Spanish occupation in the 15th century.
But the court process took many years, 14 to be exact, as numerous people including Philip claimed ancestral rights to the land. The 2001 documentary "Since the Company Came" detailed their ...