Lumad and Bakwit Schools amid the Pandemic 71 (SOS 2019a). Despite having permits to operate legally, these schools face baseless allegations of rebellion, which warrant their closure. In the face of an order to proceed with the academic year, the chances of a Lumad student returning to class get slimmer. Despite these challenges, the Lumad schools in Mindanao and bakwit schools across the country are exhausting means to reach out and spread awareness regarding the experiences of indigenous communities in Mindanao. This is in the hopes that more people will choose to stand with the Lumads in protecting, even reclaiming, their ancestral lands for the continued survival of their communities and youth. References Belisario, Paul. 2019. “Lumad Schools: A Struggle for Land and Learning.” In Repression and Impunity: Continuing Attacks on People’s Rights in the Philippines, edited by Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo, 71-80. Quezon City: IBON International. Canuday, Jose Jowel. 2009. Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. SOS (Save Our Schools Network). 2019a. “Intensifying the People’s Struggle amidst State Fascism.” Primer. ———. 2019b. “Save Our Schools: History and Background.” Primer. Sy, Jose Monfred C. 2020. “Teaching ‘Pangiyak Ki!’:The Lumad School as a Struggle for Land, Life, and Liberation.” In Towards a Peoples’ Alternative Regionalism: Cases of Alternative Practices in the Philippines, Vol. 1, edited by Eduardo C. Tadem, Karl Hapal, Venarica B. Papa, Jose Monfred C. Sy, Ananeza Aban, Nathaniel P. Candelaria, and Honey Tabiola, 107–24. Quezon City: UP Center for Integrative and Debelopment Studies.