October 29 marks the anniversary of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA), the very law that created the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). But nearly three decades since its passage, what has it brought to Indigenous communities? Instead of upholding the rights to ancestral land and self-determination, IPRA and the NCIP have become instruments for repression, deception, dispossession, and corporate plunder of ancestral lands. As NCIP celebrates its anniver

Sumama at nakiisa ang Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas sa pagtitipon ng mga Katutubong Ayta at mga lingkod ng simbahan noong Oktubre 23–24 sa Pampanga, na inorganisa ng Pamilalamu, isang samahan ng mga Katutubo at simbahan, at Mansaway, ang bagong tatag na na organisasyon ng mga Ayta. Sa pagtitipong ito, tinalakay ang mga usapin hinggil sa pagdepensa sa sarili laban sa paglabag sa karapatang pantao. Pinagtibay din ang kaalaman sa karapatan ng mga Katutub

October 20, 2025 Indigenous Peoples and advocates led by Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, the national alliance of progressive Indigenous Peoples’ organizations in the country, trooped to the central office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Quezon City on Monday to condemn what they called the agency’s complete failure as a supposed “protector” of Indigenous Peoples’ rights. According to Beverly Longid, national convener of Katr