Norma Capuyan

Norma Capuyan, vice chair of Apo Sandawa Lumadnong Panaghiusa sa Cotabato (ASLPC), says in the press conference Friday, February 27, 2009 there is need to strengthen the ranks of indigenous peoples in Mindanao to be able to defend their ancestral domains. Capuyan is among of the 200 indigenous peoples who gathered in Davao City for the first assembly of the Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao(Kalumaran), an umbrella organization of indigenous peoples groups in Mindanao, in Davao City on February 27 to March 2. AKP Images/ Keith Bacongco