8. To assist the community in filing the petition for, and lead the community in, the
delineation and identification of ancestral domains in accordance with the Principle of Self
Delineation rights by virtue of Native Title;
9. To assist the community in working for the de-establishment of reservations made by
executive fiat or law overlapping ancestral domains/lands, or parts thereof;
10. To resolve all conflicts emanating from violations of all customs and traditions of the
community;
11. To cause the formulation of programs and projects on the role of women based on a
gender analysis framework to strengthen and promote participation of indigenous women
in decision-making processes on sustainable resource management;
12. To provide testimony or other evidence of marriage in accordance with customary law for
purposes of registration with the Local Civil Registry;
13. To ensure their domains as special zones of peace and life, and advocate recognition and
respect thereof;
14. To nominate traditional leaders or elders as representatives to the Consultative Body,
which must include women and youth, IPO and Non Government Organization
representative;
15. To convene the ICCs/IPs and in accordance with local processes to lead the selection of
the IP mandatory representatives in all policy making bodies and in local legislative
councils,
16. To convene the ICCs/IPs and select IP representatives to all government bodies such as
but not limited to the National Anti Poverty Commission-IP Sectoral Council, National
Commission on Culture and the Arts, Department of Agrarian Reform, LGUs, Regional
Development Councils and other local and international policy-making and special
bodies;
17. To develop programs and projects in the practice and revitalization of their own cultural
traditions and customs;
18. To regulate entry of migrants and other entities in accordance with their consensusbuilding processes, community practices, customs and traditions and upon the free, prior
and informed consent of the community members;
19. The power to authenticate indigenous leadership titles and certificates of membership. All
Certificates of Tribal Membership previously issued under Executive Order No. 122-B and
122-C as amended, shall be validated by the IPS in accordance with their own processes,
and if found to be valid, shall be endorsed to the National Commission on Indigenous
Peoples (NCIP) for confirmation and recording purposes;
20. Other traditional roles or functions analogous to the foregoing.
Section 8. Powers and Duties of the Indigenous Peoples’ Organization.
In accordance with Section 7 of this Guidelines, the IPS shall determine and define the functions
of the IPOs.
ARTICLE IV
PROCESS OF CONFIRMATION OF IPS AND REGISTRATION OF IPOs
Section 9. Confirmation of Indigenous Political Structures. All existing IPS as defined under
Section 6 (a) of this Guidelines maybe confirmed, as an affirmative action, by the Commission.
Section 10. Confirmation, How Initiated. The confirmation maybe through the initiative of the
concerned Commissioner, the Regional Office or the concerned IPS. In the two former cases, it
shall be based on data provided by the ADSDPP, Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title/Certificate
of Ancestral Land Title (CADT/CALT), FPIC, Certificates of Confirmation (COC) of Tribal
Membership and other valid sources of information or based on the process of verification and
validation provided in Section 16 hereof.
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