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A map showing the traditional homelands of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines by province. The indigenous peoples of the Philippines are ethnolinguistic groups or subgroups that maintain partial isolation or independence throughout the colonial era, and have retained much of their traditional pre-colonial culture and practices. [1]
The population of Chinese in Mindanao in the 1880s was 1,000. The Chinese ran guns across a Spanish blockade to sell to Mindanao Moros. The purchases of these weapons were paid for by the Moros in slaves in addition to other goods. The main group of people selling guns were the Chinese in Sulu.
The Muslim ethnolinguistic groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan are collectively referred to as the Moro people, [2] a broad category that includes some Indigenous people groups and some non-Indigenous people groups. [1]: 6 With a population of over 5 million people, they comprise about 5% of the country's total population. [3] [4]
The Banwaon people are an ethnic groups in Mindanao, also known as the Adgawanon, Banuaonon, Banwanon, Higaonon-Banwaon and Manobo. There are concentrations of Banwaons found in the island of Mindanao in the Filipino province of Agusan del Sur. The largest concentrations are in and around San Luis, Maasam and the Libang river valley.
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 Maranao people are shown in chocolate brown in this map. Maranaos number 1,800,000 in 2020, representing 1.65% of the population. [14] Along with the Iranun and Maguindanao, the Maranao are one of three, related, indigenous groups native to Mindanao.
When Corazon C. Aquino became president, a new constitution, which provided for the creation of autonomous regions in Mindanao and the Cordilleras, was ratified. On 1 August 1989, Republic Act 673 or the Organic Act for Mindanao created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which encompasses Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, and Tawi ...
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.