Project Report - La Trobe University

The tangible results Project outputs
We produced the following materials and
resources for use in the Dananao Elementary
School:
Ichananaw Knowledge Bank
A set of nine hardbound volumes of secondary
materials (i.e. gathered from outside Chananaw)
relevant to the Ichananaw tribe. One volume is of
materials gathered which relate to Chananaw
specifically; one is of materials relevant to Kalinga;
one is of materials related to the Cordilleras in
general; and the remaining six volumes are entire
books with relevant historical or ethnographic
accounts. Our intention here was to ‘bring back’
some of the results of the research conducted by
academics in the past to the subjects of their
studies.
Ichananaw Children's Storybooks
A series of 21 colorfully-illustrated, individual
storybooks (10-22 pages each), which retell some
of the Ichananaw’s legends, fables and history.
Sixteen storybooks were illustrated voluntarily by
Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan artists, three by tribe
members, and we illustrated one each. All books
are in multiple languages simultaneously on each
page – English, Tagalog and two thirds with
Chinananaw (the tribe’s indigenous language).
Members of the Ateneo community voluntarily
edited or produced the Tagalog translations,
through the Ateneo Center for Educational
Development’s coordination. From our initial
intention to make one or two storybooks, this
ballooned into a massive project involving direct
input from almost 70 people (some from as far
away as Japan, Singapore and Australia), to
produce the series of 21 storybooks. This became
by far the largest component of our project in
terms of time, effort, cost and output.
Annaja Ukali Ta-u (Here is Our Culture)
A 66-page, A5-size book authored by Fargwog
(Daniel) Aga-id, the Ichananaw elder who initially
invited us to do this work Edited by Maria, the
book contains accounts of aspects of the
At the July 3, 2009 celebration in Chananaw where we
presented the community with the educational
materials we produced, Maria (right) shows Fâ-ras
(Lucas) Badong (left) the Ichananaw Children’s
Storybook she herself illustrated, in which Fâ-ras
features as a main character. The story, Fangkugwoy
2, is a funny play on the older Fangkugwoy story the
Ichananaw have told each other for generations.