The Philippine bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) has condemned a government order banning the use of the word “lumad,” a widely recognized term when referring to indigenous ...

Speaking for the bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Jose Cabantan on Monday, March 22, criticized the government move to ban the use of the term “lumad” ...

The arrest of several Lumad children and adults in Cebu is the latest in a series of attacks against them. These indigenous peoples have long struggled to continue their education and maintain their ...

When soldiers parked the tank in front of her lumad school in North Cotabato, Kat-kat knew it was time to leave her village. “All I wanted to do was study,” Kat-kat, 15, and now in Grade 10, says in ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education reminded tribal schools that government permits granted to them are location-specific after reports that a Davao del Norte-based Lumad school is ...

DAVAO CITY — Even the lumad close to President Duterte reacted when he said on Tuesday that he would “hamlet” the indigenous people to protect them against the communist New People’s Army. READ: Irked ...

It turns out that on Nov. 12, 2014, at the Tribal Hall in Sitio Patil, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte, 42 tribal leaders of the Langilan Manobo tribe, including 23 datus, signed a ...

In a makeshift classroom at the University of the Philippines College of Home Economics in Diliman, Quezon City, a “lumad” (indigenous people) student writes the words “Iskolar ng Bayan” (people’s ...

And just like that, scores of “lumad” pupils in the Davao Region are at risk of being driven out of school following what appears to be an abrupt decision by the Department of Education (DepEd) to ...

The Philippine bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) has condemned a government order banning the use of the word “lumad,” a widely recognized term when referring to indigenous ...