1st Edition
Negotiating Autonomy Case Studies on Philippine Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights
Edited By Augusto Gatmaytan
Copyright 2007
236 Pages
by
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
This Book is based on some of the presentations made at the 2005 National Conference on Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights held in Quezon City, the Philippines. At its core are four case studies of different indigenous groups from various parts of the country; the Kankana-ey and Bago of the northern Cordilleras, the Buhid Mangyans of Mindoro, and the Subanon and Matigsalug of Mindanao. Each one... Read more
Foreword, Philippine Map, Philippine Indigenous Peoples and the Quest for Autonomy, Seeking the Norm: Reflections on Land Rights Policy and Indigenous Peoples Right, Case Studies: Decentring the State: Securing Tenure for the Kankanay and Bago of Bakun, Benguet; Indigenous Land rights and the Agrarian Reform Program: The Buhid Mangyan Experience; The politics of Consent: The State, Multinational Capital and the Subanon of Canatuan; Indigenous-Settler relations and the Titling of Indigenous Territories in Mindanao: The Case of the Matigsalug-Manobo; 'Amending' IPRA, Negotiating Autonomy, Upholding the Right to Self-Determination; Annex: The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA)
Biography
Augusto B. Gatmaytan is an anthropologist, lawyer and advocate of indigenous peoples' rights, who has been working with the Philippine indigenous peoples' organizations and communities since 1985. In the last ten years he has been working intensively with indigenous communities in Agusan del Sur province, north-eastern Mindanao.
