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).
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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/
