d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Customs and traditions related to land;
Customary practices on boundary conflict resolutions;
Landmarks and boundary markers (include survey plans and sketch maps);
History, including pacts and agreements concerning boundaries;
Political structure and institutions and identity of leaders and original settlers.
The PDT/CDT shall adopt appropriate techniques to draw from the elders/leaders substantial
and additional facts through searching questions, focused group discussions (FGDs), time lines,
sketches and such other information that the elders/leaders could
voluntarily and freely
communicate, to be made part of their sworn testimonies.
The PDT/CDT shall help the elders/leaders place their testimonies in proper form. Such
testimonies shall then be read and translated to each of them in the language/dialect he/she
speaks and understands. After affirming the contents of his/her testimony placed in proper form
to be true and correct, he/she shall sign or thumb-mark the same and have it subscribed before
a person authorized to administer oath. Where the elders/leaders could not sign and can only
affix his/her thumb-mark, a community member who knows how to read and write must sign as
witness.
Testimonies that may be electronically-recorded shall be subsequently transcribed in English and
certified by the NCIP documenter. All photographs and/or video coverage taken during the
documentation must be properly labeled and certified by the NCIP photographer/video operator.
Testimonies of persons who are not co-applicants but with in-depth or authoritative knowledge of
the history and culture of the ICCs/IPs may also be secured as corroborative evidence.
Section 3. Written Accounts. These are accounts in writing about the particular ICCs/IPs, their
customs and traditions, political structures and institutions, other lifestyles or cultural
expressions, which may include anthropological data, etymology of names and places derived
from the native dialect of the community and such other records in writing containing a
recitation of the community’s history.
Other sources of secondary data or information shall be properly named/cited or acknowledged.
Section 4. Indicative Maps. These are graphic representations of the ancestral domain/land
actually occupied, possessed and accessed in the past and/or at present by the community and
its corresponding use, the traditional and natural landmarks, and the boundaries of the AD/AL
and its adjacent areas. Said map shall be overlaid over the NAMRIA topographic map.
Section 5. Genealogical data. This consists of a chart showing the relationships
between/among present claimants and their predecessors, who lived in the same territory at
least three (3) generations earlier than the present generation, the latter being the ego, for CALT
application. In the case of CADT, applying the three-generation rule, the genealogical charts of at
least five (5) informants composing the majority of the ICC population must be submitted.
The Genealogical Charts shall be presented to the ICCs/IPs for validation. The head/s of the
clan/s whose genealogy was illustrated shall affix his/her signature/thumb-mark to attest to the
truth of the information therein and certified to and witnessed by the PDT/CDT members present
during the validation.
The Genealogical Verification Report shall then be prepared by the PDT/CDT. It shall include
pictures evidencing the conduct of the genealogical survey.
Section 6. Pictures. Pictures are still photographs depicting and illustrating the:
a.
b.
c.
traditional landmarks such as mountains, rivers, creeks, lakes, ridges, terraces, sacred
places, hunting/ fishing grounds, and the traditional use of resources with detailed
description of their importance to the lives of the claimants;
physical evidence of long term occupation or settlements such as old structures and
improvements, burial grounds and sacred places; and,
artifacts owned by the ICC/IPs.
The pictures of the places and objects taken with the ICC representative/s in the foreground or
background to establish authenticity, describing in a label what the picture depicts, identifying
therein the date when it was taken as well as the photographer.
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