The Binukignon—nearly 195,000 strong—are one of the largest indigenous peoples of Negros Island in the central Philippines. For generations, they have lived in the rugged highlands that divide Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, shaped by land, memory, and an oral way of life. Long ago, many lived in the lowlands, but waves of migration and encroachment pushed them higher into the mountains, where culture and language became their last stronghold of identity.