A chronicle of ESSC involvement in Bendum. An indigenous mountain community in Mindanao, in the south of the Philippines.

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• Cover /Table of Contents
• Change within a Strengthened Culture (A conversation with Datu Nestor and Nay Bebe Menaling, 2004)
• Introduction, by Chona Sandoval / Amul-amul, by Pedro Walpole
• The Bukidnon Pulangiyen: River People with a Troubled Past / Sitio Bendum, by Chona Sandoval
• The Cultural Empowerment Center and ESSC / The Bendum Story: Securing a portion of the ancestral domain, by Eric Bruno
• Indigenous People's Education: Empowering lives in APC, by Chona Sandoval / The Power of the Media, by PJ Mariano
• Pulangiyen and Sustainability, by Pedro Walpole / Towards a Comprehensive Health Strategy, by Mai-mai Paculba / Much Cause for Celebration: APC Opening Program
• Much Cause for Celebration / Cultural Resource Management, by Karen Lawrence
• Moving forward, looking back
• Of Education, Bendum, and of Perfection, by Maria Krishna Jennifer G. Sonza
• The Road Less Traveled, by PJ Mariano
• Continuity in the Bukidnon Pulangiyen Culture, by Louie Bacomo
• A Letter from Someone Who Stroved Hard, by Maura Deloso Lipanda
• Gallery: Student's work
• Laws and Policies Affecting IPs in the Philippines