Morong Beach, Sabtang, Batanes. This is the home of the Ivatans, an indigenous people descended from the ancient Austronesians of Luzon and Taiwan. Isolated from the mainland by rough seas ...

Both Dexter and Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus are Indigenous Peoples’ rights defenders from the Philippines’ Cordillera region, in Northern Luzon. Capuyan, 56, is a member of the ...

underscored the contributions of Indigenous Peoples (IPs), calling them “invaluable ... indigenous groups from the northern mountains of Luzon down to the southern islands of Mindanao ...