References:

Legal References

1987 Philippine Constitution

Republic Act No. 8371, The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA).

Cruz v. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, et al., G.R. No. 135385, dated 6 December 2000.

Online References

Cario , Jacqueline K. Country Technical Notes on Indigenous Peoples Issues. International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.ifad.org/english/indigenous/pub/documents/tnotes/philippines.pdf accessed last 06 December 2017 at 11:00pm.Comment by apple kris ching:

Castro, Nestor T. Three Years of Indigenous Peoples Rights Act: Its Impact on Indigenous Communities. Retrieved from http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/1109/1147 accessed last 06 December 2014 at 10:43pm

Policy Forum. The Struggle Continues: Uphold the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. IAG Policy Brief: 2011. Retrieved from http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_29740-1522-1-30.pdf?111215070853 accessed last 06 December 2014 at 10:

Puno, Reynato S. The IPRA: Indigenous Peoples and their Rights (2008) retrieved from http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/speech/03-10-08-speech.PDF accessed last 10December 2014 at 10:00pm.

Prill-Brett, June. Contested Domains: The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) And Legal Pluralism in The Northern Philippines. Journal on Legal Pluralism: 2007. Retrieved from http://commission-on-legal-pluralism.com/volumes/55/prillbrett-art.pdf accessed last 06 December 2014 at 11:30pm

Free Prior and Informed Consent in the Philippines Regulations and Realities. Oxfam America Briefing: September 2014 Paper. Retrieved from http://www.oxfamamerica.org/static/media/files/fpic-in-the-philippines-september-2013.pdf accessed last 07 December 2014 at 01:00am.

Books and Academic Papers

Gatmaytan, Augusto B. (Ed). Negotiation Autonomy: Cases Studies on Philippine Indigenous Peoples Land Rights. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs: 2007.

Eder, James B. and Thomas M. McKenna, Minorities in the Philippines: Ancestral Lands and Autonomy in Theory and Practice. In Civilizing the Margins: Southeast Asian Government Policies for the Development of Minorities, ed. Christopher R. Duncan. Ithaca London: Cornell University Press, 2004.