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Indigenous Peoples Month — October 2023

October is Indigenous Peoples Month. Learn about the rights of indigenous peoples and indigenous cultural communities in the Philippines as enacted in the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA).

References:

• Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1997/10/29/republic-act-no-8371/

• Indigenous Peoples Month: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2009/10/28/proclamation-no-1906-a-s-2009/

• National Indigenous Peoples’ Day: https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/republic_acts/ra%2010689.pdf; https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2015/10/23/republic-act-no-10689/