Difference between revisions of "Lumad Mindanao Peoples Federation"

==Who are the Lumad People?==

==Who are the Lumad People?==

The Lumads are non-muslim indigenous people. A member of a particular tribe (e.g. Manobo, Mansaka, Subanon, etc...) can be either Muslim or non-muslim. The non-muslim member of any indigenous tribe gets only less 10% of any government program. Actually the [[NCIP]] (national commission on indigenous peoples) gets only P35M a year while the [[NCMF]] (national commission on muslim filipinos) gets P469.67 million.

The Lumads are non-muslim indigenous people. A member of a particular tribe (e.g. Manobo, Mansaka, Subanon, etc...) can be either Muslim or non-muslim. The non-muslim member of any indigenous tribe gets only less 10% of any government program. Actually the [[NCIP]] (national commission on indigenous peoples) gets only P35M a year while the [[NCMF]] (national commission on muslim filipinos) gets P469.67 million.

The Lumad is a term being used to denote a group of indigenous peoples of the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (literally "indigenous peoples"), the autonym officially adopted by the delegates of the Lumad Mindanaw Peoples Federation (LMPF) founding assembly on 26 June 1986 at the Guadalupe Formation Center, Balindog, Kidapawan, Cotabato, Philippines. It is the self-ascription and collective identity of the non-Islamized indigenous peoples of Mindanao.

The Lumad is a term being used to denote a group of indigenous peoples of the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (literally "indigenous peoples"), the autonym officially adopted by the delegates of the Lumad Mindanaw Peoples Federation (LMPF) founding assembly on 26 June 1986 at the Guadalupe Formation Center, Balindog, Kidapawan, Cotabato, Philippines. It is the self-ascription and collective identity of the non-Islamized indigenous peoples of Mindanao.