Abstract
The Tasaday hunter-gatherers discovered in South Cotabato, Philippines, in 1971 captured worldwide attention as the contemporary symbol of Rousseau's image of the “noble savage.” Politically and culturally torn Western society “discovered” the soothing images of the primeval Other in the glossy pages of National Geographic and in John Nance's The Gentle Tasaday. After the initial avalanche of international interest, the Tasaday have been reported as living quietly in a vast protected zone created by then-President Marcos through the recommendation of Manuel Elizalde, Jr., the Tasaday discoverer and the Presidential Assistant on National Minorities (PANAMIN, after 1975 also the name of a government agency). Subsequent allegations surrounding the Tasaday over the past several years have developed into a major scientific controversy in anthropology.
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