Blood and gold in the Philippines: Tampakan and the B’laan resistance
A B'laan woman (left) joins other Lumad during the Manilakbayan (Journey to Manila) in October 2016. About 500 B'laans joined the protest caravan in Manila, Philipppines to demand justice for abuses committed by Sagittarus Mines, Inc. Source: Mark Ambay III/IPMSDL)
21st December 2016
THE B’laan people are one of 18 indigenous groups living in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. With a population of around 450,000, they are largely concentrated in the provinces of South Cotabato, Davao del Sur and Sultan Kudarat. Most of them are still engaged in subsistence farming, with corn and rice being the main produce.
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