10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE Flashcards
There are 370-500 million indigenous people in the world across _______ countries.
90 COUNTRIES
Indigenous people live in all geographic regions and represent ________ different cultures.
5,000
Indigenous people created and spoke majority of the world’s ________.
7,000 LANGUAGES
Extensive and complex system of knowledge.
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE
True or False:
Language is central to their identity.
TRUE :P
What preserves the culture, worldviews, visions, and expression of determination of Indigenous people?
LANGUAGE
True or False:
Many indigenous languages are under threat–it’s estimated that one dies every two weeks.
TRUE
True or False:
Indigenous people are more likely to be poor and vulnerable.
TRUE
True or False:
While making up less than 5% of the world’s population, indigenous people account for only 3% of the poorest.
FALSE (15%)
There are 180/183 languages in Philippines, how many languages do Indigenous People have?
167
What are the 8 major languages in Philippines?
- Tagalog
- Visaya - Cebuano
- Ilonggo
- Waray
- Pangasinan
- Kapampangan
- Ilocano
- Bikolano
What is considered the ‘killer language’ that almost killed Pangasinan?
ILOCANO
What stopped the killing of Pangasinan as a language?
MOTHERTONGUE SUBJECT BY CORY AQUINO
In the 50% of Indigenous People in the Philippines, what percentage does marginalized IPs are?
15%
True or False:
Indigenous People have longer lives.
OOPS, NOPE:3 IT’S FALSE
True or False:
Life expectancy of Indigenous people is 20 years lower compared to non-indigenous.
TRUE D:
True or False:
More than 1 in 3 Indigenous women are sexually assaulted.
TRUE
There are higher rates of _______, _________, and _______ among Indigenous women.
- Maternal Mortality (death from pregnancy)
- Teen Pregnancy
- Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Athletes from 566 aboriginal communities all over the world took part in the first _________________, held in 2015 in Brazil.
WORLD GAMES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
What is the ‘World Games of Indigenous Peoples’ aim?
not just to
compete, but also to share
knowledge and cultures.
Who are the inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of living?
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
True or False:
Nearly 70 million indigenous women and men depend on forests for their livelihoods, and many more are farmers, hunter gatherers or
pastoralists.
TRUE
True or False:
Where Indigenous groups have control of the land, forests and biodiversity flourishes.
TRUE
Their forestlands store at least one quarter of all above-ground tropical forest carbon – about 55 trillion metric tonnes. This is equivalent to four times the total global carbon emissions in _______(what year?)
2014 :P
