03 Magpuyong Malinawon - Prof. Rudy B. Rodil

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MAGPUYONG MALINAWON

SA YUTANG KABILIN[To live in peace in our Ancestral

Domain]

Rudy B. Rodil

Mindanao Historian

UP Academic Congress 2 February 10


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Lumad Mindanaw

1986: Lumad Mindanaw formed

- proclaimed collective self as Lumad with

- right to self-determination and to governthemselves

- within their respective ancestral domains

- In accordance with their customary laws


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Lumad Peace Agenda

2001: Magpuyong malinawon diha sa Yutang

Kabilin katungod namong mga Lumad nga

dili mahimong ikalimod ug yatakan ni bisan

kinsa [To live in peace in our Ancestral

Domain is our right as Lumad that cannotbe denied nor trampled upon by anyone.]

(Lumad Peace Agenda, 67 lideres, 20 tribu, Jan 17-19, 2001)


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Lumad Situation2001:

wala kami nakabaton ug kalinaw ... padayon nga hulga sa among yutang kabilin ...sa pagkawala sa among kultura... [the absence of peace among us ... thecontinuing threat to our ancestral domain ... the degradation of our culture...]

kadaghanan sa mga yutang kabilin sa mga Lumad gisudlan na sa plantasyon, loggingconcessions, dams, geothermals, minahan, ranchohan, gihimong eco-touristspots... [most of our ancestral lands have been penetrated by plantations, logging

concessions, dams, geothermals, mines, cattle ranches, or were converted to eco-tourist spots]

diin buot isilsil sa among alimpatakan nga kini alang sa kalambuan, apan sa lalumnamong pagsusi ug pagpamalandong kini nga mga proyekto makapahanaw saamong katungod sa malinawon namong pagpuyo sa among yutang kabilin ugmakapahuyang sa among gahum sa pagdumala sa tribu... [where we are told thatthis is for development, but from our deeper examination, these are projects thatdiffuse our right to a peaceful life within our ancestral domain and weaken ourauthority to govern our own tribe.]

ang pagpahawa kanamo gikan sa among yutang kabilin wala lamang kini naka-apekto sa among pamuyo apan labaw sa tanan sa among pagkinabuhi isipkatawhang Lumad. [Our displacement from our ancestral lands has affected notonly our lives, but especially our being Lumad communities.]

(Source: Lumad Peace Agenda, 67 lideres, 20 tribu , Jan 17-19, 2001)


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Lumad the numerical minority

Lumad (35 tribes/subtribes) - - - - - - 8.9%

Moro (Muslim/ 13 ethnic groups) - 18.5%

Migrants and descendants - - - - - - - 72.5%

So unlike the situation in 1890 and previous

three centuries


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MINDANAO 1890


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US: Institutionalized Dispossession

Regalian doctrine enshrined

Traditional system of land dispositionnullified

Non-recognition of communal customarylaws

Torrens system institutionalized

Land classification: alienable and inalienable;disposable and non-disposable

Public Land law and land distribution

Adoption of resettlement programs


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Public Land Law and Resettlement:

Discriminatory Policies

Hectarage Allowed

Year Homesteader Non-Christian Corporation

1903 16 has. (no provision) 1,024 has.

1919 24 has. 10 has. 1,024 has.

1936 16 has. 4 has. 1,024 has.


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Resettlement: Case of Cotabato

1918, 1939, 1970 Census

Year Moro MajTowns

Lumad MajTowns

Settler MajTowns

1918 20 5 0

1939 20 9 3

1970 10 0 38


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POPULATION CHANGE IN COTABATO

1918-1970

1918 1939

1970

Bayan ng Moro

Bayan ng Lumad

Bayan ng Settler


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Fruit of Displacement: Mindanao

Towns with Majority Lumad

1970 Census

Esperanza 66.35%

Impasugong 75.97%

San Fernando 61.43%

Sumilao 78.26%

Talakag 56.93%

Jose Abad

Santos 60.57%

Malita 61.90%

Lapuyan 60.25%

2000 Census

Add:

South Upi 62.39%

Lake Sebu 58.52%

Tboli 67.69%


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Mindanao Provinces with Majority Moro

1970 Census

Maguindanao --- (part of Cotabato)Lanao del Sur - - - 91.97%

Basilan - - - - - - - -63.29%

Sulu - - - - - - - - - -97.23%

Tawi-Tawi - - - (part of Sulu)

At 15 municipalities in other provinces:

Palawan (1), Zamboanga Norte (2), Lanao Norte

(9), Sultan Kudarat (2), Cotabato (1)


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In sum, 1913 to 1970

They have been marginalized, meaning:

Displaced and dispossessed in their owntraditional territories

Transformed into numerical minority

Voiceless in governance

Their culture fast slipping away before their eyes


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Proactive Moves: Aug 2008 Declaration

affirms that Mindanao is inhabited by Bangsamoropeople, by Indigenous peoples and by migrantsettlers

Calls for respect for the right to self-determination of

the Indigenous Peoples, the right to use theirtraditional governance systems, their ownership oftheir ancestral domains and their ownership of theresources therein

Seeks the promotion and accords the highest respectto various traditional peace pacts done throughdiyandi, sapa, tampuda hu balagun, pakang andkhandugo/ sandugo between ancestors of indigenouspeoples and the Bangsamoro peoples

Source: The CAGAYAN DE ORO DECLARATION ON THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN OF THE GRP-MILF PEACEPANEL, by 200+ Lumad leaders, August 27, 2008. (Bisaya-English version)


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Lumad View of Their Development

Demand from Government:To fast track the delineation and approval of titles

of their ancestral domains

Enforce NCIP's mandatory role in promoting andupholding the Indigenous Peoples' cultures

Respect their traditional governance overancestral domains, its utilization and maximization

To stop calling or associating the IndigenousPeoples in Mindanao and Palawan as Bangsamoropeoples.

Source: The CAGAYAN DE ORO DECLARATION ON THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN OF THE GRP-MILF PEACE PANEL, by 200+ Lumadleaders, August 27, 2008. (Bisaya-English version)


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Appeal to the MILF

propose the immediate revival andinstitutionalization of the traditional peace

pact agreements between our respective

communities and the Magindanao andMaranao groups of the MILFs, in order to

establish lasting peace and build strong

cooperation with them in the quest for peaceand development in our territories;

Source: Letter Panagtagbo to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, 22 Oct 2003


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Kalamboan sa Yutang Kabilin

[Development in Ancestral Domain]

Ang Lumad malipay sa kalamboan nga wala

makadaot sa kultura ug kinaiyanhan ug haum sa

panginahanglan sa Lumad: (a) ekonomiya; (b)

kultura; (c) edukasyon, (d) pulitika. [Development.The Lumad are happy with development that is not

destructive of culture and environment, and

responsive to the needs of the Lumad in the sphereof: (a) economy; (b) culture; (c) education, and (d)

politics.]

Source: Lumad Peace Agenda, 67 lideres, 20 tribu , Jan 17-19, 2001.


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