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THE HIGAONON TRIBE OF THE PHILIPPINES COLONIZATION OF MINDANAO Several hundred years ago, the Spaniards, preoccupied with their desperate, but unsuccessful attempt on subduing the fierce and resolute Mom resistance, did little alter the developing non-Moru communities. Except for the dislocation of the Lumads in the north and north-eastern seaboards (Agusan del Norte, Surigao, Misamis Oriental, and Davao Oriental of Mindanao), the majority of Lumsads were unaffected by Spanish colonization. The Higaonan were one on these Indigenous Peoples. The Higaonon Indigenous Nation, which is currently estimated to total about 350,000-500,000 people, includes the Bukidnon and the Banwaon (similarity of lineage and history is proven by the same oral literature called 'Dasang' which can be recited in 8 days and 8 nights by a 'Dumalongdong', meaning sacred assembly). They are distributed in Las Nieves, Sinakungan, San Luis, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur, Buenavista, Carmen, Butuan City,...