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Chapter 2 | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF MALAYSIA
the Federal Government as ‘Indonesian’, ‘Sino-campuran’ (mixed Sino), ‘Filipina-campuran’
(mixed-Filipino), ‘Sarawak indigenes’ and Bugis – all considered Bumiputera, were not
included in the Sabah Museum categorisation of Sabah’s indigenous peoples.
2.16 The discrepancy in naming who is indigenous (and therefore Bumiputera) and who is not
is an ongoing part of a larger process of identifying who is a citizen and who is not, as
Bumiputera is a political category denoting the rights for accessing entitlements associated
with citizenship.
NATIVES OF SARAWAK
2.17 Article 161(A) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia and section 3 of the Sarawak Interpretation
Ordinance (Cap 61, 2005) listed the natives of Sarawak in the Schedule as the Bidayuh or
Land Dayak, Iban or Sea Dayak, Bukitan, Bisayah, Dusun, Kadayan, Kalabit, Kayan, Kenyah
(including Sabup and Sipeng), Kajang (including Sekapan, Kejaman, Lahanan, Punan, Tanjong,
Kanowit), Lugat, Lisum, Malay, Melanau, Murut or Lun Bawang, Penan, Sian, Tagal, Tabun
and Ukit.14
14 Additionally, Article 161A(6)(a) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia States that in relation to Sarawak, ‘native’ means a person
who is a citizen and either belongs to one of the races specified in Clause (7) as indigenous to the State or is of mixed blood
deriving exclusively from those races.
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