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CHAPTER 3: THE INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Activity 8. My Name
Do you know the story behind your name? Knowing about your name can give you a
sense of identity which will eventually lead you to knowing your culture/tribe. Your name
will connect you to your ancestors.
Instructions: Ask your parent about the story of how you got your name. Write your
answers inside the box.
The Story of My Name
NAME:

What do you want your name to stand for? What do you want people to think of when
they hear your name?

Talk with your family about your family’s name.

Where does it come from?

What legacy do you want it to have?

Ask a parent or grandparent if any of your ancestors share your name.

Activity 9. BINGO Game
Instructions: Think of an idea or example that you can attach to for the following
concepts below. Write the idea or example in the space provided for each concept. Limit
your answer to one word or phrase per concept (18+2=20pts).
Activity 10. Identifying Material and Non-Material Culture
Instructions: Provide at least 20 items that you have at home and things you do daily
or occasionally with your family. After listing them, identify whether they belong to
material culture (MC) or non-material culture (NMC). Write MC or NMC before the
numbers and the name of the items or events after the numbers. Material cultures are
tangible things perceivable by human senses such as food, while non-material cultures
are ideas and are not perceivable by human senses such as beliefs.
Things that you may have at home Things that you may do daily or
(Material or tangible culture) occasionally with your family
(Non-material or intangible culture)
1. 11.
2. 12.
3. 13.
4. 14.
5. 15.
6. 16.
7. 17.
8. 18.
9. 19.
10. 20.

Guide Questions:
 What are the things you have at home that your parents have kept from
generation to generation?
 What are the things that you and your family use daily at home?
 What do you usually do with your family from Monday to Sunday?
 What important occasions do you celebrate with your family?
 Activity 11. Memory Matrix
Instructions: Recall at least five Gender roles, domestic labour, relationships within the
family, socio-political structure/datuship, justice system, conflict resolution mechanisms
or customary laws that your family has been practicing since time immemorial by
providing what is asked in the matrix below (15pts.).
Gender roles, socio-
political structure/datuship,
justice system, conflict Mechanics/Process Cultural Significance or
resolution mechanisms or Purpose
customary laws
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Activity 12. Textual Analysis

Instructions: Analyze the following expressions in the table below and try to attach
them with meaning using the context clues (10 pts.).

L1 Expressions Context Clues Meaning English Translation of L1

Expressions

1. Tagkaen hu Maria is tagkaen hu a

guava slowly because
of a problem with her
mouth.

2. Mapasu-pasu A soldier has to blow

his food before
consuming it because
it is mapasu-pasu.

3. Dagum A thread and a dagum

are used to sew.

4. Duminayun The king duminayon

walking back home
after buying a bird from
a boy while he was on
his way.
5. Kahimanan Regardless how plenty
the goods are in the
kitchen, without some
kahimanan in it, one
could not possibly cook
them.

Activity 13. Metacognition

A. Instructions: Study about the seven existing Indigenous Cultural Communities
or Indigenous Peoples (see Appendix B) focusing on their gender roles, domestic
labour, relationships within the family and socio-political structure/datuship for
sociology and governance and politics, justice system, conflict resolution
mechanisms and customary laws for public administration.
B. Provide at least one gender role or justice system that is present in each
community (35pts.).

The ICCs/IPs Gender role/ justice system

1. Bukidnon

2. Higaunon

3. Manobo

4. Matigsalug

5. Talaandig

6. Tigwahanon

7. Umayamnon