KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES

ON CLIMATE CHANGE BY BAGO TRIBE

IN ARINGAY LA UNION

MARILYN C. INFANTA
JERALD CARLO ANGELO T. BAUTISTA
IVY B. DULUEÑA
SARAH MAE D. LANDINGIN
JOHN ALFONSO T. PADILLA

DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY

SOUTH LA UNION CAMPUS

INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

AND ALLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES

AGOO, LA UNION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

OCTOBER, 2014
 APPROVAL SHEET

The thesis entitled ”Knowledge and Practices on Climate Change by Bago

Tribe in Aringay, La Union” prepared and submitted by MARILYN C. INFANTA,
JERALD CARLO ANGELO T. BAUTISTA, IVY B. DULUEÑA, SARAH MAE D.
LANDINGIN, JOHN ALFONSO T. PADILLA, in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing is hereby accepted by the Oral
Examination Committee (OREC) composed of:

ROLANDO P. RONCAL JR. JOEL C. ESTACIO

Chair Adviser

FRANCIS A. UYAAN HOLLY LOU M. SANTOS

Member Member

Accepted and approval in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree,

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

OFELIA O. VALDEHUEZA INOCENCIO D. MANGAOANG, JR.

Director, ICHAMS Chancellor
DMMMSU-SLUC DMMMSU-SLUC
Agoo, La Union Agoo, La Union

Date :____________________________

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To remember the thrilling days one has shared in fulfilling this most cherished

piece of accomplishment is but indeed a herculean task—a task towards the realization of

this challenging study, an accomplishment illumined by competent and illustrious people

who in one way or another have contributed their utmost time and felicitations and

immeasurable effort in making this thesis a reality. Some of who are the following:

Prof. Ofelia O. Valdehueza, director of the Institute of Community Health and

Allied Medical Sciences, for her untiring support to the researchers;

Mr. Francis Uyaan, chairman of the Nursing Department, for supporting the

researchers in conducting the study;

Mrs. Holly Lou M. Santos and Mrs. Janna M. Boado, their instructors in Nursing

Research, for providing the researchers enough information and knowledge about the

study;

Mr. Joel Estacio, their research adviser, for helping and teaching them towards the

development of their study.

Mr. Jesus Rafael Jarata, their English critic, for his kindness in making himself

readily-available for checking and correcting this manuscript;

Mr. Jesus Rodriguez, their Filipino critic, for checking and correcting the Filipino

grammar of their questionnaires;

Mrs. Maricel Fronda, their Ilocano critic, for checking and correcting the Ilocano

grammar of their questionnaires;

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 Dr. Remedios C. Neroza, Mr. Rolando P. Roncal, Jr. and Dr. Marcelina H. Ayson,

their research validators, for validating their interview guide used for the data gathering;

Hon. Eric Sibuma, municipal mayor of Aringay, for giving them the permission to

conduct the research in Aringay, La Union;

Engr. Sancho S. Bunguing, director at the IP Center, San Fernando, La Union, for

allowing them to conduct study and lending them the Indigenous Knowledge System and

Practices and Customary Law Research and Documentation Guidelines of 2012;

Mr. Rolando Amsay, Bago Tribe chieftain in Sitio Barcelona, Pangao- aoan East,

Aringay, La Union for his warm welcome to the researchers during the visits and data

gathering;

The researchers also give special thanks to their respondents which provided

patience and honesty in answering their thesis questions in order to provide a successful

study as well as the researchers’ family and friends for all their untiring support and

inspiring piece of advice.

Finally, the researchers thank the Almighty God in guiding them and giving them

strength to finish the study.

MAI
JCATB
IBD
SMDL
JATP

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 DEDICATION

To our parents

The sturdy boughs from which we have been launched

To our friends and relatives

For a sharper focus in life

And a glimpse into forever

Here is the blueprint of our future.

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 ABSTRACT

Infanta, Marilyn C., Bautista, Jerald Carlo Angelo T. ,Dulueña, Ivy B.,
Landingin, Sarah Mae D., Padilla, John Alfonso T. (2014). Knowledge and Practices
on Climate Change of Bago Tribe in Aringay, La Union. Bachelor of Science in
Nursing. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University South La Union Campus,
Institute of Community Health and Allied Medical Sciences, Agoo, La Union.

Adviser: Estacio, Joel C. RM, RN, MAN

Indigenous people are the least contributors to climate change, yet they were the
first to suffer from its impacts; however, modification and application of their traditional
practices minimized the effects of climate change to their life and culture.
The study aimed to determine the knowledge and practices on climate change of
Bago Tribe in Aringay, La Union. The study utilized ethnography design using a semi-
structured interview and observation. The nine participants were chosen purposively and
the study was conducted from November2013 to September 2014 at Sitio Barcelona Brgy.
Pangao-aoan East Aringay, La Union. Spradley’s method was used to analyze the data.
The participants believed that human works were the primary reasons of inducing
climate change and it affected their health, food and water supply, and river location.
They chose to lie between the traditional and modern way of life particularly with
their practices in farming, home, health maintenance and mitigation.

Keywords: Bago Tribe ,Climate Change ,Indigenous, Knowledge, Practices,

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

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Title Page………………………………………………………………………….. i

Approval Sheet………………………………………………………………..…… ii

Acknowledgment……………………………………………………………...…... iii

Dedication……………………………………………………………………….… v

Abstract…………………………………………………………………………..... vi

Table of Contents………………………………………………………..………… vii

List of Figures…………………………………………………………………....... xi

List of Plates……………………………………………………………………….. x

Chapter

1. INTRODUCTION….………………….……………………………………… 1

Situation Analysis…………………………..………..……………………. 1

Theoretical Framework.…………………………..……….…….………… 6

Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………. 7

Definition of Terms………………………………….…………………….. 8

2. METHODOLOGY………………………………….……………………........ 10

Research Design…………………………………………….…………...… 10

Sources of Data……………………………………………………..……... 11

Instrumentation and Data Collection……….…………………….……...... 15

Analysis of Data……………..………………………………...................... 18

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION……………………………………………… 20

4. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS……………. 46

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 Summary………………………………………………………………….. 46

Conclusions……………………………………………………………….. 47

Recommendations………………………………………………………… 48

LITERATURES CITED…………………………….………………………….. 50

APPENDICES……………………………………………………………………. 53

A. Communication Letters……………………………………………….. 54

B. Sample Interview Guide………………………………………….……. 61

C. Sample Consent ..………………………………………….………….. 64

D. Validity Tool ………………….………………………………………. 65

E. Transcribe Data………………………………………………………... 74

F. Categories…………….…..……………………………………………. 118

G. Organization of Selected Transcripts…………………………………. 125

H. Point of Saturation…………………………………………………….. 133

I. Artifacts……………………………………………………………….. 134

J. Curriculum Vitae………………………………………………………. 139

Figure LIST OF FIGURES

No. Page
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 1. Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on Bago Tribe………………. 21

2. The Knowledge of the Tribe to Climate Change and their Practices………... 47

Plates LIST OF PLATES

No. Page
1. Jetmatic Pump-The Only Water Source of the Sitio…………………………. 31

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2. The River in Sitio Barcelona That Changed in Location….….……………… 34

3. Burnay………………………………………………………….…………….. 37

4. Nuang and Arado…………………………………………………………….. 37

5.Dalikan and Banga…………………………………………….….…………... 40

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