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NCIP chief objects to blanket use of ‘Lumad’ for Mindanao IPs
COTABATO CITY — The head of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has objected to the indiscriminate use of the term “Lumad” to refer to the Indigenous Peoples (IP) of Mindanao, saying that no outside party has the authority to define their identity. In a statement posted on her Facebook page on Thursday
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