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The Kankanaey live in the upland areas of Benguet province and belong to the tribal group called "Igorots" They are one of the larger tribes the region. They are a hardworking people in the field of agriculture who are already reached by modern technologies. The Kankanaey build rice terraces which have become sufficient sources of food. The staple foods of the Kankanaey are camote, rice, potatoes, and other root crops like tugi and gabi.

The marriage customs of the Kankanaey are similar to the Ibalois. They practice parental marriage. A wedding is celebrated with big feasts and many rituals done before and during the wedding ceremony. Butchering of animals is a very important part of the wedding.

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The Aetas, pronounced as “eye-tas,” are among the earliest known migrants or inhabitants of the Philippines. Over the years, the majority of their population managed to keep their cultural practices and traditions. But sadly, as one of the indigenous groups thriving in the country, they also face challenges such as displacement, marginalization, and poverty.

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The name Tboli is a combination of tau, meaning “people,” and bilil or “hill” or “slope,” thus meaning “people living in the hills.” However, not all Tboli live upland: those inhabiting the shores of the Celebes Sea, in the municipalities of Maitum, Kiamba, and Maasim, are called the Tboli Mohin; those in the municipalities of Lake Sebu and T’Boli are the Tboli Sebu; and those on the western mountains near the Manobo are the Tao B’lai.

In 1988, the Tboli population was estimated at 227,000; by 2007, it had grown to almost double: 445,125. The Tboli language, along with Tiruray or Teduray, Blaan, and Ubo, belongs to the Bilic subgroup of the Malay-Polynesian division of Philippine languages. These four languages are of a different language family from that of the Manobo group in Mindanao.

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Ifugao, group of wet-rice agriculturalists occupying the mountainous area of northern Luzon, Philippines. They are of Malay stock and their language is Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), as is that of their neighbours, but they have developed a number of cultural characteristics that set them apart. They numbered nearly 70,000 in 1939, but World War II reduced their population to a figure (1948) of 50,000. By the late 20th century, their population had increased to about 190,000

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The Manobo tribe who are inhabitants of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines are a group of people speaking one of the languages that belong to the Manobo language family. Their origins can be traced back to the early Malay peoples who came from the surrounding islands of Southeast Asia. Today, their common cultural language and Malay heritage help to keep them connected. The total national population including the subgroups is 749,042 (NM 1994); occupying core areas from Sarangani island into the Mindanao mainland in the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Davao provinces, Bukidnon, and North and South Cotabato.

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Lumad is a collective term, used since 1986, for a large number of indigenous peoples of the Mindanao island group in the Southern Philippines. The Lumad population in Mindanao is about half the total population of all indigenous groups in the Philippines.

The 18 major Lumad ethno linguistic groupings are the Bagobo, Banwaon, Blaan, Bukidnon, Dibabawon, Higaonon, Mamanwa, Mandaya, Mangguwangan, Manobo, Mansaka, Matigsalug,  Subanen, Tagakaolo,  Talaandig, Tboli, Teduray, and Ubo.

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Mangyan refers to the Philippine ethnic group living in Mindoro Island but some can be found in the island of Tablas and Sibuyan in the province of Romblon as well as in Albay, Negros and Palawan. The word Mangyan generally means man, woman or person without any reference to any nationality. Social scientists have documented Mangyan tribes into several major tribes.

One of the ways to categorize them is through their geographical location. The Northern tribes include the Iraya, Alangan and Tadyawan tribes while the Buhid, Bangon Batangon and Hanunuo Mangyan comprise the tribes in the South.

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Yakan, also spelled Yacan, ethnic group living primarily on Basilan Island but also on Sacol, Malanipa, and Tumalutab islands, all off the southern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula, in the southern Philippines. Smaller groups of Yakan live elsewhere in the Philippines—particularly on the island of Mindanao—as well as in Sabah, East Malaysia. The Yakan speak an Austronesian language, written either in Malay Arabic or in Latin script, that is related to those of northern Borneo. In the Philippines, they are among the Muslim peoples collectively identified as Moro. In the early 21st century the Yakan population amounted to roughly 100,000 in the Philippines and 12,000 in Malaysia.

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Igorot, (Tagalog: “Mountaineer”) any of various ethnic groups in the mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines, all of whom keep, or have kept until recently, their traditional religion and way of life. Some live in the tropical forests of the foothills, but most live in rugged grassland and pine forest zones higher up. The Igorot numbered about 1.5 million in the early 21st century. Their languages belong to the northern Luzon subgroup of the Philippine languages, which belong to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family.

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The Subanon people are said to be one among the first land dwellers of the Island of Mindanao, and are found mostly in the northern, western and southern portions of the Zamboanga peninsula. They are likewise known to have a rich cultural past that we marvel at in the present as their tribe’s contribution to Mindanao’s own history. But as this tribe endures throughout history, they also continue to experience struggles and challenges as a people – the issues of ancestral domain, unity within the tribe, and potential abuse against them being indigenous people.