The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has developed an understanding of the term based on the following except

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has developed an understanding of the term based on the following except:

This Convention applies to people in independent countries who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country, or a geographical region to which the country belongs, at the time of conquest or colonization or the establishment of present State boundaries and who, irrespective of their legal status, retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions.

What article of ILO convention leaves significant discretionary power to the peoples themselves to evaluate whether they regard themselves as indigenous?

According to the ILO, indigenous is used as ____ in Alaska

According to the ILO, indigenous is used as ____ in Canada

he Philippines consist of numerous upland and lowland indigenous ethno linguistic groups living in the country, with ___ making up the overwhelming majority, while full or partial ___ scattered throughout the archipelago.

In the interest of clarity, the term indigenous as used in the Philippines refers to ethno linguistic groups or subgroups that maintain lt of partial isolation, or independence, throughout the colonial era.

The term indigenous when applied to the Philippine population can be a deceptive misnomer, connoting alien migrant populations who have over time become the majority ethno linguistic and cultural group in the land and thereby pushing indigents to the fringes of socio-cultural inclusion

The vast majority of people in the Philippines descend from none of the Austronesian and Australo-Melanesian ancestral populations indigenous to the archipelago, regardless of cultural, religious, ethno linguistic or tribal affiliations.

Culturally-indigenous peoples of northern Philippine highlands can be grouped into ___ (comprising many different groups)

the non-Muslim culturally-indigenous groups of mainland Mindanao are collectively called

Select all the term that is included in Australo-Melanesian groups throughout the archipelago

According to the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino, there are ___ recognized local indigenous Austronesian languages in the Philippines

 There are ___ ethnic groups in the Philippines, the majority of which are indigenous, though much of the overall Philippine population is constituted by only 8-10 lowland ethnic groups

Odd one out. Select one that does not belong to the group.

Odd one out. Select one that does not belong to the group.

Odd one out. Select one that does not belong to the group.

Groups such as the ___ were the most influenced by Spanish and American colonialism and lowland Filipino culture because of the extensive gold mines in Benguet, the proximity of the city of Baguio, good roads and schools, and a consumer industry in search of folk art.

Thus, throughout the twentieth century, there was a steady migration of Christian lowland Filipinos into areas previously occupied and dominated by ___ and ___.

Through the efforts of the Lumad of Mindanao, and their supporters among the lowland Christian Filipino community, two important provisions were written into the 1987 Constitution: ____ obliges the state to ‘protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral lands to ensure their economic, social and cultural wellbeing

hrough the efforts of the Lumad of Mindanao, and their supporters among the lowland Christian Filipino community, two important provisions were written into the 1987 Constitution. ___ commits the state to ‘recognize, respect and protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to preserve and develop their cultures, traditions and institutions’