The Indigenous Peoples and Aid and Development Effectiveness was a successful side event during the 12th session on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held on May 22, 2013 in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. This side event was led by the ndigenous Peoples Movement for Self-determination and Liberation (IMPSDL), in cooperation with the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network, Land is Life and the CSO Partnership for Development
Effectiveness.

Cordillera Day 2013 in Benguet took place in Dalupirip, Itogon, starting with a climb to Mount Ugo on April 25, with a community cultural gathering and workshop for the Agno River, on April 26. Photo: RR Aniceto

Cordillera Day 2013 in Baguio City took place on April 24. National delegates include the Ecosystem Alliance (Palawan and Mindanao) and representatives of the Indigenous Learning Institute (ILI) from the international community (Thailand, Naga Land, Vietnam, Nepal, Cambodia). Photos: Josie Sakiwat

Cordillera Day 2013 in Tabuk, Kalinga, took place on April 24. International delegates include representatives of the Paiwan and Rukkai tribes of Taiwan. Photos: Tyrone Beyer

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CPA Founding Member and Oclupan Clan Association President James M. Balao, 47 years old. Abducted by military intelligence and security units at Lower Tomay, La Trinidad, Benguet on September 17, 2008. Respond to our ACTION ALERT.

SABIDONG TI BALITOK (TOXIC GOLD)

Produced by the Tan-aw Multimedia Collective, Health Action Information Network (HAIN), the Save  the Abra River Movement (STARM), Montañosa Relief and Rehabilitation Services (MRRS), and Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Toxic Gold  presents the effects and impacts of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Corporation’s bulk mining operations to the Abra River and the indigenous and peasant communities by the river. Apart from the environmental, social and agricultural impacts, the documentary presents the plight of Lepanto’s underground mine workers.

AGNO

Produced by the Cordillera Peoples Alliance and Southern Tagalog Exposure in 2002, The documentary delves on the importance of the Agno River to the people of Itogon, Benguet and Pangasinan and how the San Roque Dam Project will take away the right to land and livelihood of the people. The people’s struggle against the government flagship project rages despite the impoundment of water in the dam. (See related campaigns on large dams on Campaigns page.)

TAXI FILIPPINO

Produced by TV Oost in Belgium, Taxi Filippino is the story of a roadtrip through the Cordillera, a mountain region in the North of the Philippines. From the summer capital Baguio to the province of Kalinga, the taxi passes by slums, schools and mining companies, mountain villages and military camps. Corruption is everywhere. More than a thousand people were the victim of political assassination under the regime of president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Hundreds of others disappeared. And still the Filipino's have the courage to go on.

ALDAW KORDILYERA, A People's Struggles (Cordillera Day Celebrations from 1985 to 1998)

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Excerpt from 'That theMountains May Chant the Truth'