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Twenty-six years after the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 or Republic Act 8371, Indigenous Peoples (IP) in the Philippines remain under attack, the Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights (TFIPR) said. The group is blaming the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) for allegedly failing to promote IP rights sometimes