The Tbolis are one of the indigenous peoples of South Mindanao. From the body of ethnographic and linguistic literature on Mindanao they are variously known as Tboli, T'boli, Tböli, Tiboli, Tibole, Tagabili, Tagabeli, and Tagabulu. They term themselves Tboli or T'boli. Their whereabouts and identity is to some extend confused in the literature; some publications present the Tboli and the Tagabili as distinct peoples; some locate the Tbolis to the vicinity of the Buluan Lake in the Cotabato Basin or in Agusan del Norte. The Tbolis, then, reside on the mountain slopes on either side of the upper Alah Valley and the coastal area of Maitum, Maasim and Kiamba. In former times, the Tbolis also inhabited the upper Alah Valley floor. After World War Two, i.e., since the arrival of settlers originating from other parts of the Philippines, they have been gradually pushed onto the mountain slopes. As of now, they are almost expelled from the fertile valley floor. Tboli girl in traditional costume dress Image is used with permission from the LDC,Inc. ... Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ... Agusan del Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. ... Alah Valley is located at the coordinates: Lon: 124° 40 8 E (DMS) Lat: 6° 27 40 N (DMS): or Lon: 124,6689 Lat:6,461111 (in decimal degrees) in the province of South Cotabato on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. ... Maitum is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sarangani, Philippines. ... Maasim is a municipality located in the province of Sarangani, Philippines. ... Kiamba is a municipality located in the province of Sarangani, Philippines. ...

Like their immediate tribal neighbors, the Úbûs, Blàan, Blit, Tàú-Segél and, for those who have serious doubts in the hoax argumentation, the Tasaday, they have been variously termed hill tribes, pagans, animists, etc., as opposed to the indigenous Muslim peoples or the Christian settlers. In political contexts, however, the term Lumad groups (derived from the Cebuano term for native people) has become popular as a generic term for the various indigenous peoples of Mindanao which do not pertain to Islam. English speaking Tbolis refer to themselves as a tribal people. The Tasaday tribe is a small stone age tribe that were discovered on the forested and mountainous Philippine island of Mindanao on June 7, 1971 by Manuel Elizalde, a Philippine government minister. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. ... Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ...   Islam? (Arabic: الإسلام al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second largest religion. ...