The Discovery of the Igorots

Woods, Shelton

doi:10.7591/cornell/9781501769955.003.0005

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4 The Discovery of the Igorots

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July 2023

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This chapter traces the origins of Luzon's northern highlanders, who are collectively known as Igorots. The name “Igorot” evolved from Spanish documents that identified the Cordillera inhabitants as Ygolotes. Subsequent ethnolinguistic studies reveal six major groups/tribes among the Igorots: Bontoc, Ifugao, Kankanaey, Ibaloi, Kalinga, and Apayao. Each tribe possesses a distinctive culture, dialect, and set of folktales, dances, metaphysical ceremonies, textile patterns, and gods. Igorots also practiced head-hunting, and both Spanish and early American colonial officials were astonished that the highlanders accepted perpetual headhunting as a way of life. The chapter then describes the attempts to integrate the Igorots into a Christian, taxpaying colony. It looks at the establishment of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, the purpose of which was to regularly report on the situation among the non-Christian peoples and establish a fuller understanding of the ethnology of the Philippines. In addition to David Prescott Barrows and Commissioner Dean Worcester, three other American entities entered Luzon's highlands between 1900 and 1905: the Philippine Constabulary, a military police force led by American officers but largely composed of indigenous soldiers; the Episcopalian clergy and lay workers; and several American volunteer soldiers from the Philippine–American War who chose to stay among the Igorots. In many ways, the PC set the stage for John Early's entrance into the highlands.

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