RABARA, RALPH A.

BSDC 2

Total number of Indigenous Source of income/Way of Benefits from the

People in the municipality Living
1,163 Due to its geographical
location, fishing has been the
main source of livelihood of
the inhabitants. Next is
agriculture where farmers
planted onions, tomatoes, rice
and corn bound. The town is
also known for its loom-
weaving industry which dates
back before Spanish regime.
Government
The government providing
the farmers agricultural needs
like seeds, tractors, fertilizer,
seeders, water pump,
harvesters, sprayers,
insecticides, etc.

1. How do you define Indigenous People in the Philippine setting?

The term indigenous as used in the Philippines refers to ethnolinguistic groups or
subgroups that maintain of partial isolation, or independence, throughout the colonial era. In the
context of Philippine population, the term is used to refer to a group who have retained their
culture away from the Christianized lowland culture of Filipinos.

2. What problems do they encounter most of the time?

The main problems that Indigenous Peoples face are from large-scale mining that digs up
their land, in the construction of large-scale dams that floods their land, in widespread logging
that deforests their land, or in the creation of nature reserves or agriculture that sees them ejected
from or restricted in access to their own land.