TITLE PAGE Motivating and Uplifting the Aetas of Sitio Target to Alleviate Learned Helplessness

Rationale All around the world various indigenous groups reside and make effort to coexist with the modern world today. They constantly strive to be accepted by the present-day society while struggling to preserve their heritage. Gradually they try to embrace what modernization can offer yet they cannot fully grasp it for most of them see it as a duty to bind themselves to their ancestry or they simply are incapable of meeting the demands of the 21st century. The Philippines is home to over a hundred indigenous groups and these groups are scattered all over the archipelago. These groups vary greatly in their methods, traditions, arts, et. al. however they are similarly receive equal amount negative attitude from general public. It is not a surprise when one would express a grimace or smirk when they see a member of these indigenous groups. Worse is when these people come in groups and