Augusto B. Gatmaytan is currently engaged in fieldwork amongst the Agusan Manobo peoples of Mindanao. He also serves as Senior Lecturer at the University of the Philippines in Mindanao. A lawyer and an advocate of indigenous people's rights, Augusto has been working in this field since 1985. Among his many scholarly publications, he recently edited the book Negotiating Autonomy: Case Studies of Philippine Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights published by the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc.-Kasama sa Kalikasan/Friends of the Earth Philippines and the International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs. He can be reached at habagat88@yahoo.com