Bai Bibyaon, warrior chieftain of the Lumad, dies
As the first ever woman chieftain of the tribe, Bigkay was credited for uniting, empowering, and rallying the Lumad across villages to stand up to the loggers.
Photo by Ervince Apatan/davaotoday.com
Moro and Lumad youth relive indigenous games in Dula Kadayawan
Today's young generation may be engrossed with mobile and video games, but in this year's Dula Kadayawan (Kadayawan Games), part of Davao City's Kadayawan festivity, young indigenous and Moro people got to participate and showcase their traditional games to the public, untouched by modernization.
Young Lumad artists promote culture, environmental protection thru arts
A group of young people from an indigenous community is maximizing its members’ artistic talents to revive and preserve their traditional practices and promote environmental protection.
Teacher Rose Hayahay (2nd from left) with her fellow awardees. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hayahay)
Lumad teacher dedicates int’l award to fellow teachers
A volunteer teacher for Lumad schools received the 2023 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk in Dublin, Ireland for her work despite harassments and red-tagging.
Human rights lawyers Attys. Fionah Bojos and Magdalena Daymeg Lepiten with the detained Lumad student and her father. (Photo courtesy of Integrated Bar of the Philippines Cebu City Chapter).
Granted writ reunites Lumad father, daughter held under DSWD-7 custody
One of the Lumad students held at a facility inside the Social Welfare and Development Office in Region 7 and her father were reunited late afternoon on March 12.