Indigenous Peoples

Read more about the article 3D maps shift power over land stories to Indigenous communities
Indigenous participants examine a Projection Augmented Landscape Model (PALM), a 3-D representation of terrain with projected digital information, during Katutubo: Guardians of Ancestral Domains at the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City, Oct. 30, 2026. The models are designed to help communities visualize ancestral landscapes and integrate Indigenous knowledge into land-use planning and conservation. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Ian Peter C. Guanzon)

3D maps shift power over land stories to Indigenous communities

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Maps have long been used to draw boundaries, rename territories and dispossess Indigenous peoples. Researcher Rohan Fisher uses mapping technology for a different purpose: to help Indigenous communities…

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Read more about the article ’We are Manobo, we are Lumad’
Leaders of various indigenous people groups perform a ritual during Thursday's rally in observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Day on August 9. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

’We are Manobo, we are Lumad’

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Indigenous peoples (IPs) organizations in Mindanao insists the term “Lumad” remains a valid collective identity for their communities that choose to use it.  This comes after the National…

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Read more about the article Indigenous groups wary of weakened protections in new FPIC guidelines
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Indigenous groups wary of weakened protections in new FPIC guidelines

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Indigenous leaders and legal advocates warned that revised government rules on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) could weaken Indigenous Peoples’ right to reject projects affecting their ancestral…

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