The Lumad are a group of Austronesian indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous".

Feb 18, 2021 · Recently, the Lumads made national news when the Philippine National Police took into custody Lumad students and teachers in a school in Cebu City. According to official police reports, what happened was a “rescue” but human rights groups call it a “raid.”

Lumad is a collective term, used since 1986, for a large number of indigenous peoples of the Mindanao island group in the Southern Philippines. The lumad population in Mindanao is about half the total population of all indigenous groups in the Philippines.

The history of violence and unwarranted (extrajudicial) killings of Lumad at the hands of military, paramilitary, and private security forces is in the hundreds, with the arrest and torture Lumad activists in the thousands.

In 1986, fifteen of the more than eighteen ICC in Mindanao adopted the term lumad, a Bisayan word for “native” or “indigenous,” to distinguish themselves from the Christians and Muslims in Mindanao. Republic Act 6734, enacted during Corazon Aquino’s time, used the term to differentiate these ethnic communities from the Bangsamoro people.

LUMAD is a Bisayan term meaning “native” or “indigenous”. It is adopted by a group of 15 from a more than 18 Mindanao ethnic groups in their Cotabato Congress in June 1986 to distinguish them from the other Mindanaons, Moro or Christian.

Aug 9, 2017 · MANILA, Philippines – The Lumad are the largest indigenous group in the Philippines. The word “Lumad” is a Visayan term which means “born of the earth.”

Jan 26, 2023 · Through social media campaigns, people are now becoming increasingly aware of the atrocities committed by Filipino state forces on Indigenous communities, sparking conversations about the enduring struggles of the Lumad, who perceive these events as attacks against their very community.

Nov 12, 2021 · Centuries before there was a Republic of the Philippines, the island of Mindanao was already peopled by indigenous groups that would later be collectively called Lumad, a Visayan term for “native” or “indigenous.”

It explores the significance of Mindanao natural reserves and resources to Lumad identity as well as their experiences and established ties with neighboring groups, specifically the Muslims, through the years. Lumad is a Visayan term meaning “born from the earth.”