Cultural Survival

Basically, the Philippine government wants the Tumandok's native lands. The Philippine government wants to build dams, mine, have eco-tourism all on the Tumandok's land. The native people have been battling these changes for a while. They don't care that the area is developing, they just care that they are going to lose their homes, land, culture and livelihood. They can't even benefit from all of this because they would be forced to relocate. The Philippine government has basically just been taking the Tumandok's land and if they don't want to leave, the soldiers that are there will shoot them or harass them.

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The Tumandok people have resisted Spanish domination, American colonization, Japanese occupation, the on slaught of Marcos dictatorship, and the current oppression under the current social order. In 1996, the Tumandok people fought back and established TUMANDUK as  an alliance so that they can defend their ancestral lands. Keeping their ancestral lands is important to them; without their native lands, they can no longer function and keep their identity as indigenous peoples.


Source: http://networkedblogs.com/T1Dq5