Datu Pignauwan Carmelo Pinagawa of the Higaonon tribe in Minalwang, Claveria town in Misamis Oriental shares the situation in their ancestral domain to fellow Lumad leaders from Northern Mindanao and parts of Cotabato province, on Dec.

10, 2013. The Lumad leaders have gathered in Malaybalay City for a three-day conference since Monday to tackle problems like armed conflict and mining in their areas.

MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno