Okay, let’s continue with our listing of Igorots that we should emulate. However, let’s now call it the List of Igorot Achievers or in short, “The List”. The title we originally proposed, List of Igorot Firsts to Emulate a.k.a. LIFE, really sounds silly and corny, so let’s settle for a simpler title.
Entries from August 2006 ↓
List of Igorot Achievers: Part 2
August 31st, 2006 — Igorot Achievers
List of Igorot Firsts to Emulate or "LIFE"
August 30th, 2006 — Igorot Achievers
So far, I have not come across any list that details the achievements of Igorots particularly those who, you know, did it first. Maybe we should come up with one and call it “List of Igorot Firsts to Emulate” or LIFE? Medyo korni ang title at acronym ano? 
This being the electronic age, this list is not written in stone. In other words, you can challenge it if you think an entry is questionable and if you have the facts to back you up.
Apart from the LIFE, I am also including a “nominee list”. The difference between the two is that the former contains entries who, we can say with some degree of confidence, really did it first. On the other hand, the nominee list contains those whose achievement still have to be confirmed by other, preferably official, sources. You are also invited to nominate anyone who you think should be included. Let us make this a project to show the younger generation that they have models to admire and, more importantly, to follow.
Excerpt # 2: Albert Ernest Jenks on Igorot Peoples
August 30th, 2006 — Bontoc, Culture and Tradition, History, Ifugao
ALBERT JENKS: In several languages of northern
Cordillera Roundup
August 29th, 2006 — Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Government, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Tourism
DENR’s schizophrenia: It’s right hand says, “My God the mountains are balding. We should protect them.” But its left hand says, “Come foreign mining companies. Come to the Cordilleras and rape our mountains.” Heck! The DENR is as confused (sick?) as Gollum.
Excerpt # 1: Albert Jenks’ General Impressions on the Bontoc Igorot
August 28th, 2006 — Bontoc, Culture and Tradition, History
ALBERT JENKS: It seems not improper to say a word here regarding some of my commonest impressions of the Bontoc Igorot. Physically he is a clean-limbed, well-built, dark-brown man of medium stature, with no evidence of degeneracy. He belongs to that extensive stock of primitive people of which the Malay is the most commonly named. I do not believe he has received any of his characteristics, as a group, from either the Chinese or Japanese, though this theory has frequently been presented. The Bontoc man would be a savage if it were not that his geographic location compelled him to become an agriculturist; necessity drove him to this art of peace. In everyday life his actions are deliberate, but he is not lazy. He is remarkably industrious for a primitive man.
Reading Albert Jenks’ The Bontoc Igorot
August 28th, 2006 — Bontoc, Culture and Tradition, History
Before I started reading Albert Jenks’ book on the Bontoc Igorots, I was ready to be offended. I was also prepared to write a snarky review and to bash the book with the righteous rage of an Igorot whose ancestors were slandered by an American writer.
I assumed that since Mr. Jenks is a “modern” American writing about the “primitive” Igorots in the early 1900s, he will be paternalistic and judgmental. In other words, I was prepared for him to say things like “Ugh, this people are really uncivilized. I’m glad we white people are here to save them.” Or “These people will all go to hell because they are not Christians.” You know stuff like that.
Baguio City
August 27th, 2006 — Baguio, Tourism
Boating in Burnham
Ifugao
August 27th, 2006 — Ifugao, Tourism
Batad Rice Terraces
Kalinga
August 27th, 2006 — Culture and Tradition, Kalinga
Tiglayan
VIDEO CREDIT: Natsm16 of Kalinga Tambayan.
Benguet
August 26th, 2006 — Benguet, Tourism
Mt. Pulag
