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Onepage
“It’s because of our ancestral lands that we have our distinct right to self-determination, our indigenous cultures and indigenous ways of life and identity."
Windel Bolinget, Bontok-Kankanaey
chairperson of the Cordillera People’s Alliance
"THE WORLD NEEDS TO STOP LOOKING AT US AS A COMMUNITY WITHIN A LANDSCAPE, AND START LOOKING AT US AS A COMMUNITY THAT IS ITSELF A LANDSCAPE."
Giovanni Reyes, Kankanaey Sagadian
President of the Philippines ICCA Consortium
"We must be united because we are fighting for our future, our freedom, our children. Even if our words or Tribes are different, we are still united because we know that what we are fighting for is right."
Irene, 14-year-old Manobo
Student at Salugponan Ta’ Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center
“We need our culture to remember. We need to remember to know who we are, today. We need to remember to stay connected to the land, to know how to take care of it.”
Ruel Bimuyag, Ifugao
A story about the land is a story of its people.
A story about the land is a story of its people.
Homelands is a photography book that unfolds Jacob Maentz’s close and continuing collaboration with various Indigenous and historically marginalized communities in the Philippines. The book’s 218 images are supported by 18 essays as writer Nicola Sebastian reflects on indigeneity and the diverse concerns of Indigenous communities: the importance of solidarity in the clash between self-interest and shared interests; the submerged history of political resistance; alternative education and traditional knowledge systems; food sovereignty; the idea of Indigenous peoples as environmental frontliners leading the race against irreversible ecological devastation; and the successes and challenges of reclaiming land recognition after centuries of colonization and modern development aggression.