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She organized other female indigenous leaders, forming the
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during the Gulay Pa More festival of heritage food and indigenous agriculture held on May 25, 2024, at the
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and has been described as "Mother of the Lumads". She was an advocate of indigenous peoples' rights and had been a defender of Manobo ancestral lands and the
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She received the 2019 Ulirang
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Bigkay was also recognized as the Most
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