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As early as 1572, the attraction of igorot, or gold, led the spanish conquistadors to the
gram cordiliera central. A succession of expeditions were organized to discover the
cordillera's mineral richness. There were also attempts to prosabling igorot-highland
lowland ties with the goal of annilihating the highlanders and persuading them to
relocate downhill and surrender to colonial authority.
B. American Period:
The American colonizers drew a more systematic design for pacification. At the time
when the U.S. government conducted its census in 1903, the Filipinos were categorized
to two, namely, the wild population and the civilized; the Cordillera peoples who were
unChristianized and uncolonized were classified as wild. Reconnaissance trips were
conducted which resulted in the identification of culture zones in the Cordillera.