It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (Literally: "indigenous people"), the autonym officially adopted by the delegates of the Lumad Mindanao Peoples Federation (LMPF) founding assembly on 26 June 1986 at the Guadalupe Formation Center, Balindog, Kidapawan, Cotabato. [1]

2021年2月18日 · Lumad is a collective term for several predominantly non-Christian and non-Muslim indigenous groups based in Mindanao. The Lumads include the Bagobo, Blaan, Bukidnon People, Higaonon, Kalagan, Kamigin, Mamanwa, Mandaya, Manobo, Magsaka, Matigsalug, Sangil, Subanon, Tagabawa, Tagakaulo, Talaandig, Tasaday, …

2023年1月26日 · The Lumad is a collective term for several predominantly non-Christian and non-Muslim indigenous groups who identify as the original inhabitants of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

The history of violence and unwarranted (extrajudicial) killings of Lumad at the hands of military, paramilitary, and private security forces is in the hundreds, with the arrest and torture Lumad activists in the thousands. Fifty-six percent of Philippine military have been deployed to the Mindanao region.

2017年8月9日 · MANILA, Philippines – The Lumad are the largest indigenous group in the Philippines. The word “Lumad” is a Visayan term which means “born of the earth.”

The Lumad of Mindanao encompass many different indigenous cultures of the Philippines. These cultures offer a rare window into the everyday life and the precolonial cultures of the Philippines.

In 1986, fifteen of the more than eighteen ICC in Mindanao adopted the term lumad, a Bisayan word for “native” or “indigenous,” to distinguish themselves from the Christians and Muslims in Mindanao. Republic Act 6734, enacted during Corazon Aquino’s time, used the term to differentiate these ethnic communities from the Bangsamoro people.

As most elder Lumad do not know the year of their birth, people estimate that Bai Bibiyaon Ligkayan Bigkay is now at around 80 years old. Even at her age, she continuously stands at the forefront of the Lumad’s struggle of asserting rights of the Manobo tribe to go back home to their community without intimidation.

LUMAD is a Bisayan term meaning “native” or “indigenous”. It is adopted by a group of 15 from a more than 18 Mindanao ethnic groups in their Cotabato Congress in June 1986 to distinguish them from the other Mindanaons, Moro or Christian. Its usage was accepted during the Cory Administration when R.A. 6734, the word Lumad was used in Art.

It explores the significance of Mindanao natural reserves and resources to Lumad identity as well as their experiences and established ties with neighboring groups, specifically the Muslims, through the years. Lumad is a Visayan term meaning “born from the earth.”