INDIGENOUS

SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY IN
THE PHILIPPINES
REPORTERS

• DODON, EBIE • GARCIA, NATHALYN MAE

• DOMINGO, VEINA ROSE • GONZALES, ALOJA MAE
• DOLOS, GWENDOLYN • FLORENDO, MC LIENDLE
………….
 INDIGENOUS SCIENCE

• TRIES TO UNDERSTAND AND

COMPLETE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
ALL LIVING THINGS
• IT’S PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN OUR
BALANCE
INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY

• REFERS TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND

RESOURCES TRANSMITTED OTHER HANDED DOWN FROM THE PAST
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO THE PRESENT ONES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS
AND WANTS BY MEANS OF INVESTIGATING, DESIGNING, DEVELOPING,
AND EVALUATING PRODUCTS, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS WITH AN
INTENTION OF SOLVING THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.
• USED BY THE NATIVE INHABITANTS OF A COUNTRY OR REGION AND
IT CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT PART OF ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE.
KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM

• EMBEDDED IN THE CUTURAL TRANSITIONS

OF REGIONAL, INDIGENOUS OR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES
• ORALLY PASSED
• EVIDENT IN STORIES, POEMS AND SONGS
EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
THAT ARE TAUGHT AND PRACTICES BY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

• PREDICTION OF WEATHER • USING INDIGENOUS

TECHNOLOGY
• USING OF HERBAL
• BUILDING LOCAL IRRIGATION
MEDICINE
• CLASSIFYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF
• PRESERVING FOODS SOIL FOR PLANTING
• CLASSIFYING PLANTS AND • PRODUCING WINES FROM
ANIMALS INTO FAMILIES TROPICAL FRUITS

• SELECTING GOOD SEED • KEEPING THE CUSTOM OF

GROWING PLANTS AND
FOR PLANTING
VEGETABLES
•IGOROT
•MANGYAN •PALAWANO
•TADYAWAN •MOLBOG
•TAGBANWA •KAGAYANAN
• BLAAN
• SANGIR
• BUKIDNON
• SUBANEN
• HIGAONON
• TAGABAWA
• MAMANWA
• TAGAKAULO
• MANDAYA
• TASADAY
• MANOBO
• T’BOLI
• MANSAKA
 PREDICTION OF WEATHER(NORTH)

• PUWEK NI KILLING(STORM OF THE KILLING)

• SHINING MOON WITH A RAINBOW
ENCIRCLING OR A BLOODY RED SUNSET
PREDICTION OF WEATHER(SOUTH)

• KASILI ( MYTHICAL FISH )

• DURING NEW YEAR, WHEN THE COW OR HORSE
EAT GRASS, WAIL, IT MEANT DROUGHT
• WHEN THE GOATS REPEATEDLY WAIL, THERE WILL BE
LANDSLIDE
MEDICINE

• 114 PLANTS USED AS MEDICINE

• OREGANO
• DANGLA
• SAMBONG
• KUTSAY
• TAGUMBAO
PRESERVING OF FOOD

•ETAG
AGRICULTURE

•BANAUE RICE TERRACES

•SWIDDEN FARMING
TECHNOLOGY (NORTH)

•POTTERY
•WEAVING
•FINER METALCROFT
TECHNOLOGY (SOUTH)

•SUMBIRING
•BIDYO
PRODUCING WINES

•TAPEY/TAPUEY/TAPUY
HOUSES (NORTH)

•BUILT ON THE HILLSIDE

HOUSES (SOUTH)

•HUT
•SUBANON HOUSE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RIGHT ACT OF
1997
• REPUBLIC ACT 8371
– AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE
RIGHTS OF THE INDIGENOUS CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, CREATING
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,
ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THERFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
CONCLUSION

• INDIGENNOUS SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY IS IMPORTANT THAT IT
HELPED THE PEOPLE IN UNDERSTANDING
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN
COPING WITH EVERYDAY LIFE.
KAM SA HAAM NI DA
ARIGATO
THANK YOU
SALAMAT
AGYAMAN KAMI