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The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA), officially designated as Republic Act No. 8371, is a Philippine law that recognizes and promotes the rights of indigenous cultural communities and Indigenous peoples in the Philippines.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) [31] was born through the merging of the Office for Northern Cultural Communities (ONCC), and the Office for Southern Cultural Communities (OSCC) in the year 1997 through RA 8371 or "Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997". It is a highly specialized commission with different projects for ...
In 1997, then President Fidel Ramos signed Republic Act 8371 or Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997, which merged the latter two offices, the Office for Northern Cultural Communities and Office for Southern Cultural Communities into current commission. [3]
Chapter II, Section 3h of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 defines "indigenous peoples" (IPs) and "indigenous cultural communities" (ICCs) as: . A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since ...
October 28 – Pres. Ramos signs a law (RA 8369) creating special courts for the cases involving children and family relations. [27] October 29 – Pres. Ramos signs Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (RA 8371), a law protecting the rights of the indigenous sector to their ancestral domains and creating the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples ...
Today, the Eskaya are officially classified as an Indigenous Cultural Community under The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8371). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A number of reports have suggested that Eskaya linguistic and cultural education has been in steady decline since the mid-1980s, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] although promising revitalisation ...
Poverty incidence of Calanasan 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2006 34.60 2009 32.86 2012 62.58 2015 27.08 2018 29.81 2021 27.38 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Economic activity in the municipality is based on agricultural production like farming and fishing and livelihood activities like basketry, soft broom making and furniture making. The municipality has no level lands for extensive rice ...
the Indigenous People Mandatory Representation (IPMR) is pursuant to the Republic Act 8371, or the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997, which calls for the mandatory representation of IPs which is formally certified by the concerned National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) regional director, upon recommendation of the provincial or ...