The Lumad is a group of indigenous people of the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning native or indigenous. The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (literally indigenous peoples) the autonym officially adopted by the delegates of the Lumad Mindanaw Peoples Federation (LMPF) founding assembly on 26 June 1986 at the Guadalupe Formation Center Balindog Kidapawan Cotabato Philippines. It is the self-ascription and collective identity of the indigenous peoples of Mindanao.
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