Outline for Written Assignment:

I. Original IP community of Bulacan

 Who are the dumagats?

 Indigenous people living in Norzagaray, San Jose Del Monte, and Donya
Remedios Trinidad: http://jar-u.weebly.com/features/life-of-the-dumagat-tribe
 Dumagat came from the word “lumakad” that signifies their nomadic way of
living in the past: http://noypicollections.blogspot.com/2011/08/dumagat-tribe-
in-luzon.html
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II. Their History

 Dumagat is a group of people whose ancestral origin is traced from Negritos,
which is one of the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines, preceding the
Austronesian migrations (Source: ethnoastronomical study of the dumagat
indigenous people, pdf)
 Dumagats first inhabited Bulacan, but were then replaced by “Taga-
ilog”/tagalogs later on: http://www.guiguinto.gov.ph/about-us/history/
 In World War II, part of the Filipino cavalry that pushed back the Japanese
troops were the Dumagat. Many of their descendants have now become part of
the bantay-gubat, rangers who patrol the forest perimeter (of the Ipo
Watershed) on the lookout for illegal loggers and others who seek to damage
Ipo and its resources (paraphrase this) (source:
https://www.rappler.com/brandrap/whatsnext/201709-ipo-watershed-bulacan-
social-tourism)

III. Their Current Issues

 In Sapang Munti in Bulacan, the Ipo Watershed, a dam part of the more extensive Angat
Water System, houses a community whose majority is comprised of the Dumagat ethnic
group.
 The Dumagat themselves, ironically, have little access to potable water
 The bantay-gubat rangers are victims to a history of delayed and unpaid wages
(source: https://www.rappler.com/science-nature/environment/120997-bantay-
gubat-ipo-watershed-unpaid-wages)
 Harassment: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1026763
 Torture from military:
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/179153/5-dumagats-to-file-
torture-charges-vs-military/story/
 Lack of access to education: (source: sustaining literacy in the Philippines, pdf)
 Forced evacuation: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/24oras/90566/24oras-
pagpapaalis-sa-mga-dumagat-sa-sierra-madre-tinutulan/video/
 Threatening of their ancestral domains due to government projects:
https://www.rappler.com/nation/99890-indigenous-peoples-oppose-new-centennial-
water-project
 Lack of representation in government: https://www.rappler.com/move-
ph/contributions/28629-ips-seek-leaders-who-recognize-their-rights