Week 3: Ethnolinguistic Groups Across the Philippines, Lineage, and Ancestors
Check-In

• Summarize readings with pairs
• Discuss reflections

Culture Talk
Mini-Lecture 

• 175 ethnolinguistic groups that are indigenous to the Philippines 
  • Land-based 
  • Distinct culture 
  • Distinct customs 
  • Distinct languages 
• Ponder this: Does colonization make a people any less indigenous? 
  • It just so happens that those 175 ethnolinguistic groups were colonized by the same oppressor 
    • Resulting in the national name “Philippines” 

Guest Lecture 

• Natalia Roxas (student of Katao School of Living Traditions): Kapampangan, Tagalog, and Visayan
• Jonathan Bautista (student of Katao School of Living Traditions): Ilokano, Itneg 

Activity

• Canoe Culture and Ancient Cultural Exchanges 
  • Comparative analysis activity 
  • Making canoes and travelling to other places to compare and share cultures 

Content Assignment

• Read Filipino Tattoos by Lane Wilcken (pp. 31-57)
• Read The Forgotten Children of Maui by Lane Wilcken (pp. 11-12)

Reflection Response

• Students will submit 1-2 pages or 5-7 min video response to content assignment