The

IFE OF LUMADS
L In Different Eras
 BASIC FACTS
“Lumad” is a Cebuano term for The name Lumad was spurred on by
“native” or “indigenous”. It is a a political awakening among tribes.
collective term used to describe
the indigenous people of Mindanao.
It is short for Katawhang Lumad
(literally: “indigenous people”)

A Spanish explorer named the

Philippines after a Spanish king
during his 1542-1546 trip to the
islands.

It was officially adopted by the

delegates of the Lumad Mindanao At present, Mindanao Lumads
Peoples Federation (LMPF) to account for 2.1 million out of the
distinguish them from the other total 6.5 million indigenous people
Mindanaoans, Moro, or Christians. nationally.
THE LIFE OF LUMADS
Before the Spanish Era
 EVENTS

Participated in dynamic
Practiced swidden
interactions with different Varied socio-
Performed barter agriculture depending
indigenous cultural elements political Communal sharing
and trade with on the land's
and migrants arrangements of resources
other tribes productivity
 EVENTS
Expansion of tribes, Started to be
different tribes affected by the
Their official involvement or emerged during the Spanish
acknowledgement entered Lived in an emergent period in the
Culture and beliefs colonization after
the Philippine History only ahistorical 11th century as what
were not yet the Jesuit
with the arrival of the Jesuit isolation from the anthropologist F.
disrupted by the missionaries found
in 1859 rest of the world Landa Jocano called.
Spanish crusade them.
 IFE OF LUMADS
L
During the Spanish Era
The Life of Lumads
During the Spanish Era
They remained isolated and
withdrawn from the hills and
forest.

Spanish expansion of
colonization began

They joined a group of rebels

on the Agusan area who joined
the Katipuneros of Luzon

Spaniards created a colonial

strategy and started to
colonized the coast towards
the plains for purposes of trade
and political consolidation
The Life of Lumads
During the Spanish Era
Lumads joined a band of
deportados and boluntarios
who started a mutiny in Marawi
City against their Spanish
superiors during the Revolution
of 1896

While they roamed the area of

Misamis Oriental, they harassed
and wrecked havoc on Chinese
and Spanish-owned business
establishments.

The Lumad tribe named "Suba"

led the activities done by the
whole Lumad revolutionist
 E LIF E O F LU M A D
H
T During the American Era S
 The Bagobos
murdered Gov. Bolton
Mindanao Lumads of Davao in 1906.
resisted against Few years later, when
American the American rule
colonization. dominated, the
landscape of the
Lumads changed.

The Tungud Movement During the Between 1926-

of the Lumads in Davao 1927, a Subanon
spread through Agusan
and Bukidnon between
American uprising against
the Americans
1906-1908.
Era occured.

Lumads and the Number of groups under

Muslims were grouped the tribal system:
under a tribal system DAVAO- 6
when the American rule COTABATO- 18
was consolidated and LANAO- 13
SULU- 9
then a systematic
ZAMBOANGA- 5
policy to integrate
SUBDISTRICTS- 56
Mindanao and Sulu.
 e Life of Lumad
Th s
DURING THE JAPANESE ERA
 uring the Japanese Er
D a
01 02 03

The Bagobos resisted the As much as the Moros Numerous Lumads were
coming of the Japanese in revolted and battled the killed and imprisoned
Davao between 1918 to Japanese invaders, the during WWII under the
1935 as the latter Lumads also defended Japanese era.
threatened to displace various tribal areas within
them from their homelands the vicinity of Region X.
for business purposes.
 E LIFE O F LU M A D
H
T During the Modern Era S
Still, Lumads are still facing various
forms of problems. Lumads in
Mindanao are concerned during this
Contemporary time due to the
focused rampant development
projects that threaten to displace
the Lumads from their homeland. Most recently, the new
heroes among the
Lumads were put to the
fore in commemoration
with the Centennial
celebration of the
Philippine Revolution.

Lumads have been

introduced nationally and There are several reports of
even internationally. They abuses, killings, and
have been living these days maltreatments against
retaining their culture and numerous Lumads.
beliefs despite the current
situation of the
Contemporary world.

Lumad tribes also participated in the

integration of diversified cultures of
the country. They perform and
showcase their culture as a highlight
of the community's ethnicity.
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