Indigenous Populations Facing Bleak Future
Indigenous Populations Facing Bleak Future By Michael A. Bengwayan, 2010 A forest dweller and charcoal maker, Tayak, 21, belongs to the Tngguian tribe, an obscure group of indigenous peoples in the Philippines whose population is declining deep in the forests of the Cordillera region. He is unschooled but learned in the ways of survival. On April 21 when the world celebrates Earth, he will have no idea about it as it will hardly have an impact to the rest of the world’s millions of...For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources.
