1 traits, or who have, through resistance to political, social, and cultural inroads 2 of colonization, non-indigenous religions and cultures, became historically 3 differentiated from the majority of Filipinos. ICCs/IPs shall likewise include 4 peoples who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the 5 populations which inhabited the country, at the time of conquest or 6 colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-indigenous religions and 7 cultures, or the establishment of present state boundaries, who retain some or 8 all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions, but who 9 may have been displaced from their traditional domains or who may have 10 resettled outside their ancestral domains; 11 Sec. 4. Duty of the National Statistics Office (NSO). - It shall be the duty of the 12 National Statistics Office (NSO), in coordination with the National Commission on 13 Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to ensure the inclusion of Ethnic Origin in its national 14 survey and national census starting the year 2011 and thereafter. The NSO shall 15 employ NCIP employees as guides of the NSO enumerators. These NCIP guides 16 taken from the different regions of the country must be knowledgeable of the 17 different ethno-linguistic groups of the Philippines, and must know the dialect and 18 appropriate manner of talking/asking culturally-sensitive questions to IPs or 19 members of ICCs. Furthermore, the NSO should ensure that all surveys and 20 documents issued by their office should be culturally sensitive. 21 Sec. 5. Duty of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples. - It shall be the 22 duty of the NCIP to conduct the proper training of Enumerators all over the country 23 to ensure that they have adequate knowledge of the different ethno-linguistic groups 24 in their area and manner of asking appropriate and culturally-sensitive questions to 25 members of indigenous cultural communities. Each barangay shall have one 26 indigenous guide who shall accompany the NSO enumerator during data gathering. 27 The indigenous guide must be knowledgeable of the dialect, way of life, and culture 28 of the indigenous cultural communities and must be able to communicate with the 29 indigenous communities in their respective areas. 2

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