Called Tribal Peoples, First Peoples, Native Peoples,

Indigenous Peoples constitute about 5% of the worlds

population, yet account for about 15% of the worlds poor.

There are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the

world, belonging to 5,000different groups, in 90 countries
worldwide. Indigenous people live in every region of the world,
but about 70% of them live in Asia.
There is no universally accepted definition for Indigenous,
though there are characteristics that tend to be common among
Indigenous Peoples:
They tend to have small populations relative to the dominant
culture of their country. However, in Bolivia and Guatemala
Indigenous people make up more than half the population.

They usually have (or had) their own language.

They have distinctive cultural traditions that are still practiced.
They have (or had) their own land and territory, to which they
are tied in myriad ways.
They self-identify as Indigenous.
Examples of Indigenous Peoples include the Inuit of the Arctic,
Native Americans, hunter-gatherers in the Amazon, traditional
pastoralists like the Maasai in East Africa, and tribal peoples in
the Philippines.

Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

Indigenous Peoples are often thought of as the primary stewards of the planets
biological resources. Their ways of life and cosmovisions have contributed to the
protection of the natural environment on which they depend on. It is no
coincidence that when the World Wildlife Fund listed the top 200 areas with the
highest and most threatened biodiversity, they found that 95 percent are on
Indigenous territories.
Indigenous communities and the environments they maintain are increasingly
under assault from mining, oil, dam building, logging, and agro-industrial projects.
Indigenous communities resist this invasion with tremendous courage and skill,
but their protests are too often ignored by governments and corporations.

LUZON
Agta Cayagan
Agta Casiguran
Aeta
Pakkak Gadang
Pugot, N. Apayao
Negritos
Apayao Isnag

Gaddang

VISAYAS
Batak
Palawan
Tagbanwa
Taut batu
Ata du sud,

A. du nord

Magahat Bukidnon
Alangan
Buhid
Hanuno
Tadyawan
Taubuid (= Batangan)
Iraya
Ratagnon, Loktanon

MINDANAO
Mangwanga
Tasaday (Manobo Cotabato)
Mamanwa
Manobo Ata
Ata Manobo
Bagobo
Blaan
Blit (Manobo Cotabato group)
Bukidnon
Ilanon Manobo
Ilianen
Magindanao