The Indigenous people of the Philippines
Introduction/Background
The Philippines can be considered as an archipelago, which by definition means a series or chain of islands or islets made up on vast a stretch of water (Archipelago, n.d.). This archipelago is made up of many natural resources, diverse cultures, and various ethnolinguistic groups (Molintas, 2004). To be more specific, the Philippines is made up of over 40 different ethnolinguistic groups and 7,107 islands that spans over 1,854 kilometers (Molintas, 2004). The indigenous peoples’ in this archipelago are most commonly found near Luzon, Mindanao, and certain parts of the Visayas islands (Molintas, 2004), and each and everyone one of these groups resides on or in a specific part …show more content…
Throughout the ages, the Aeta were commonly known to build temporary shelters made from sticks and banana leaves; even the more modernized groups were well known to often move from village to village and resettle in their houses made of bamboo and cogon grass (Original People, 2015). However, due to deforestation, illegal logging, and Swidden farming methods, the population of the Aeta, as well as the indigenous population in the rest of the Philippines began to steadily decrease (Original People, 2015). Thus, this paper aims to outline the relationships and issues of the Aeta throughout history and the possible outcomes and solutions to the difficulties they have faced in the …show more content…
The Aeta, even though an ethnic minority group, have been divided by ancestral domain titles due to the difference in tradition and cultural perspective within it’s subcultures. With that being said, since colonization by the Spanish (in 1565), many governments have tried to impose land ownership notions upon Indigenous peoples residing in the Philippines that are intolerant, or contradictory to, the traditional notions carried out by said people in regards to land ownership (Molintas,
Introduction/Background
The Philippines can be considered as an archipelago, which by definition means a series or chain of islands or islets made up on vast a stretch of water (Archipelago, n.d.). This archipelago is made up of many natural resources, diverse cultures, and various ethnolinguistic groups (Molintas, 2004). To be more specific, the Philippines is made up of over 40 different ethnolinguistic groups and 7,107 islands that spans over 1,854 kilometers (Molintas, 2004). The indigenous peoples’ in this archipelago are most commonly found near Luzon, Mindanao, and certain parts of the Visayas islands (Molintas, 2004), and each and everyone one of these groups resides on or in a specific part …show more content…
Throughout the ages, the Aeta were commonly known to build temporary shelters made from sticks and banana leaves; even the more modernized groups were well known to often move from village to village and resettle in their houses made of bamboo and cogon grass (Original People, 2015). However, due to deforestation, illegal logging, and Swidden farming methods, the population of the Aeta, as well as the indigenous population in the rest of the Philippines began to steadily decrease (Original People, 2015). Thus, this paper aims to outline the relationships and issues of the Aeta throughout history and the possible outcomes and solutions to the difficulties they have faced in the …show more content…
The Aeta, even though an ethnic minority group, have been divided by ancestral domain titles due to the difference in tradition and cultural perspective within it’s subcultures. With that being said, since colonization by the Spanish (in 1565), many governments have tried to impose land ownership notions upon Indigenous peoples residing in the Philippines that are intolerant, or contradictory to, the traditional notions carried out by said people in regards to land ownership (Molintas,