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24-418: Natonin is bordered by Kalinga to the north, Paracelis to the east, Barlig to the west, and Ifugao to the south. The barangays are mostly carved at the foot of the mountains along which the now National Highway was carved with the exception Barangay Maducayan and some far-flung sitios of Barangay Banawel. Natonin is 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Bontoc and 464 kilometres (288 mi) from Manila . Natonin

48-712: A civil administration for the Philippines. This regime, called the Insular Government , administered the country until 1935. "The Philippine Organic Act of July 1902 stipulated that... a Philippine Legislature would be established composed of a lower house, the Philippine Assembly , which would be popularly elected, and an upper house consisting of the Philippine Commission. The two houses would share legislative powers, although

72-547: Is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years. Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022): Since the widening of the national highways started in 2010,

96-656: Is home to two National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines . These are the Stone Agricultural Calendar of Bontoc and Petroglyphs of Alab . The Alab petroglyphs are ancient figures carved on mountain walls by the prehistoric people of Bontoc. The petroglyphs are the most important ancient rock art carvings in the Cordilleras and the second oldest in the entire country, second only to the Angono petroglyphs of Rizal. Due to its high significance, it

120-850: Is home to two indigenous languages which have existed there since before the arrival of the Spanish: the Balangaw language and the Majukayong language. Immigrants from the Ilocos Region came in the 1970s and imported the Ilokano language during the era of martial law . Poverty incidence of Natonin Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The primary crop is rice, although limited arable space, mechanization and innovative agriculture renders

144-558: Is politically subdivided into 11 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . The locals of Natonin are generally called iNatonin. By ethnolinguistics, the majority of the locals belong to the tribe Balangaos , or Iferangao, and speak the Finerangao language. However, there are two sub-tribes: the Hakki, who inhabit the western part of the town, and the Majukayong (the people are called iMajukayongs), who inhabit

168-526: Is the first tertiary institution in the municipality that offers various undergraduate and graduate courses. XiJen College of Mountain Province is the only private tertiary institution that also offers technical-vocational courses. Philippine Commission The Philippine Commission was the name of two bodies, both appointed by the president of the United States , to assist with governing

192-728: Is the historical capital of the entire Cordillera region since the inception of governance in the Cordillera . The municipality celebrates the annual Lang-ay Festival. Bontoc is home to the Indigenous Bontoc people . The town also hosts the UNESCO tentatively-listed Alab petroglyphs. Samuel E. Kane, the American supervisor and then Governor, established the capital here after the Philippine Commission passed

216-601: The Bontoc language , with other major languages being Kankana-ey and Ilocano . Minor languages spoken include Tagalog , Pangasinan , Cuyonon and Butuanon . Poverty incidence of Bontoc Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The local economy depends largely on small trades and agriculture. This capital town's biggest economic potential is tourism with its smaller rice terraces in Barangay Bay-yo, Maligcong and other areas. Bontoc, belonging to

240-474: The Municipality of Bontoc ( Ilocano : Ili ti Bontoc ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Bontoc ), is a 2nd class municipality and capital of the province of Mountain Province , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,104 people. Bontoc is 392 kilometres (244 mi) from Manila , 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Sagada , and 142 kilometres (88 mi) from Baguio . Bontoc

264-691: The Philippines . The First Philippine Commission , also known as the Schurman Commission, was appointed by President William McKinley on January 20, 1899 as a recommendatory body. The Second Philippine Commission , also known as the Taft Commission, was appointed on March 16, 1900 to provide civil government to areas under U.S. control. It relied on the presidential war powers of the US military government for its authority. In 1901,

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288-694: The Spooner Amendment to the Army Appropriations Act of 1901 gave the commission, "All military, civil, and Judicial powers necessary to govern the Philippine Islands". The Philippine Organic Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1902 enshrining into more permanent law the commission's legislative and executive authority. As stipulated in that act, the bicameral Philippine Legislature

312-448: The lone congressional district of the province of Mountain Province , is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years. Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022): The highland town of Bontoc

336-790: The Mountain Province Act in 1908, building a provincial building, hospital, doctor's office, nurse's home, a school, and provincial prison. He also built the Tagudin -Bontoc trail, which by 1926, could accommodate a small car. Bontoc was one of several municipalities in Mountain Province which would have been flooded by the Chico River Dam Project during the Marcos , alongside Bauko , Sabangan , Sagada , Sadanga , and parts of Barlig . However,

360-563: The Paracelis-Natonin Road is paved now. Although, some parts are either eroded or slipping away, and during rainy seasons landslides can render the roads impassable. Public utility or for-hire vans are the easiest transportation either to and from the municipality (e.g. Baguio and Manila). Though it's not yet that improved, Natonin has the following sites: Bontoc, Mountain Province Bontoc , officially

384-457: The barangays of Saliok and Maducayan. The iMajukayongs are closely related to the Ga'dang people of Paracelis, and speak the iMajukayong dialect which has similarities to the dialects of the iKalingas. Populations of the town are of Igorot lineage. Headhunting was practiced throughout Natonin as late as the mid-1930s, but was set aside in favor of Christianity and education after World War II. Natonin

408-431: The harvest to a subsistence level only. Backyard piggery mostly produce the pork supply. Vegetable gardening, fruit tree growing and tilapia raising are also starting to see commercial viability. Whatever is of shortage or lacking are imported outside the municipality. Few local handicrafts are promoted and are only made to order. Natonin, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Mountain Province ,

432-405: The indigenous peoples of Kalinga Province and Mountain Province resisted the project and when hostilities resulted in the murder of Macli-ing Dulag , the project became unpopular and was abandoned before Marcos was ousted by the 1986 People Power Revolution . Bontoc is politically subdivided into 16 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Most inhabitants speak

456-402: The islands and make recommendations. In the report that they issued to the president the following year, the commissioners acknowledged Filipino aspirations for independence; they declared, however, that the Philippines was not ready for it. Specific recommendations included the establishment of civilian government as rapidly as possible (the American chief executive in the islands at that time was

480-592: The military governor), including establishment of a bicameral legislature , autonomous governments on the provincial and municipal levels, and a system of free public elementary schools. From Philippines: A Country Study by Ronald E. Dolan: The Second Philippine Commission (the Taft Commission), appointed by McKinley on March 16, 1900, and headed by William Howard Taft , was granted legislative as well as limited executive powers. Between September 1900 and August 1902, it issued 499 laws. A judicial system

504-539: The upper house alone would pass laws relating to the Moros and other non-Christian peoples. The act also provided for extending the United States Bill of Rights to Filipinos and sending two Filipino resident commissioners to Washington to attend sessions of the United States Congress . In July 1907, the first elections for the assembly were held, and it opened its first session on October 16, 1907." The body

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528-698: Was established in 1907, with the Commission as the upper house and the elected Philippine Assembly acting as lower house . The Jones Act of 1916 ended the Commission, replacing it with an elected Philippine Senate as the legislature's upper house. On January 20, 1899, President McKinley appointed the First Philippine Commission (the Schurman Commission), a five-person group headed by Dr. Jacob Schurman , president of Cornell University , to investigate conditions in

552-524: Was established, including a Supreme Court , and a legal code was drawn up to replace antiquated Spanish ordinances. A civil service was organized. The 1901 municipal code provided for popularly elected presidents , vice presidents , and councilors to serve on municipal boards. The municipal board members were responsible for collecting taxes, maintaining municipal properties, and undertaking necessary construction projects; they also elected provincial governors ." On July 4, 1901, Taft became governor of

576-901: Was submitted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines to the UNESCO Tentative List of Heritage Sites in 2006, pending its inclusion in the World Heritage List along with the Singanapan charcoal-drawn petrographs of southern Palawan, Angono petroglyphs of Rizal province, charcoal-drawn Peñablanca petrographs of Cagayan, and the Anda red hermatite print petrographs of Bohol. Mountain Province State University

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