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Which portions of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan are traditionally
considered the ancestral homeland of the Islamized people, and the
Lumads?
Ancestral Homeland
Ancestral domain or ancestral lands refers to the lands, territories and
resources traditionally occupied by a tribe or community of people that is bound by ties of common interests.
This does not only refer to the land itself but also including the rivers,
mountains, forests, airspace above and all natural wealth contained therein.
Nature of Occupancy
“Prior and uninterrupted occupancy”
It means that the tribe or community that lives and uses a certain
land premises which has no owner will not be questioned for staying.
INDIGENOUS CHRISTIANS
nine provinces and four cities
ISLAMIZED PEOPLEfifteen
provinces and seven cities
LUMADseventeen
provinces and fourteen cities
1596-1896
Which portions are generally considered to be the traditional territorial jurisdiction of the Sulu
Sultanate?
Southern Palawan
Basilan
Sulu Archipela
go North Borneo
(present Sabah)
Samboangan
Tawi-Tawi
Sulu Sultinate 1450 A.D
1978- Sulu signed the treaty with reduced the sultanate to the
status of a Spanish protectorate.
- To modern political scientists, both the Sulu, and Maguindanao
Sultanates lost their de jure status but seemed to have retained their
de facto status.
Treaty of Paris, 1898
- Spain ceded the entire archipelago including the
sultanates of Maguindanao and Sulu.
Which portions are generally regarded as the ancestral land
of the Lumad peoples of Mindanao and Sulu?
Determining the exact boundaries of Lumad tribal territories at present has
become extremely difficult because:
Censuses1903- does not have comparative figures at the municipal level of Muslims, Lumads, and Christian
populations.1948- unavailable in most libraries
in Manila