In Tabon Man recently, CVJ of The Placeholder criticized my use of the word “INDIO“ to refer to the pre-Islamic, pre-Christian inhabitants of the Islands. He argued it is a pejorative term applied by the Spanish conquistadores who only thought they had reached India. Like “Filipino” he avers that it should be applied only to [...]
Ancestral Domains, Indigenous Peoples and Other Juridical Fictions
August 17, 2008 By 6 Comments
ISAGANI A. CRUZ (PDI Columnist and former Justice of the Supreme Court) recalls how he once assailed the Constitutionality of the Indigenous People’s Rights Act of 1997 in his capacity as a taxpayer — but failed in a 7-to-7 tie decision in Cruz and Europa v. DENR-NCIP (6 Dec 2000). Considering it’s pertinence to the [...]
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