T'Boli Tribe

I. Introduction In the year 2000, there are nearly 102,900 T’boli people in the Philippines. Many of the T’boli people can be found at South Cotabato Province of Mindanao Island, which is located in the southern part of the country and has their own way of living. Their educational system can be compared to many other indigenous groups of people in Philippines. They are promoting the education to their community to have progress and to preserve their culture through it. Many of us don’t have much knowledge about indigenous people especially and specifically, the T’boli. In this term paper, you’ll be able to know about the hidden wealth behind the T’boli people. You’ll learn also how they take part of the modernization in our country, which still allow them to preserve their tribe. We all know that T’boli as being part of the indigenous people, are being ignored by the government. Because of this, education is hard to acquire not because they have their own perception about life but because of their school is lacking of instructional material that are needed in educating students. Being educated means being knowledgeable which brings me to the conclusion that if all indigenous people know their right in this country, it will be hard for the invaders to claim the properties of those innocent indigenous people.

a. The Background In Mindanao, there are 18 tribal groups. One of them is the T’boli tribe that lives in the province of South Cotabato, around the Lake Sebu. Since the arrival of settlers originating from the other islands of the Philippines, they gradually moved to the mountain slopes to live in scattered settlements in the Highlands. The T'boli speaks a Malayo-Polynesian language called Tboli. In addition to their native language, many of the T'boli also speaks Ilongo or Bilaan. T’boli tribe is still living with the traditional way with how their ancestors lived centuries ago. The difference between the T’boli and the other tribal groups is

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