Datu Sikatuna

In this Philippine name for indigenous people, this person is addressed by the sole name, Katuna.

Datu Sikatuna (or Catunao) was a Datu or chieftain of the Bool Kingdom (or Kedatuan of Dapitan) in the island of Bohol in the Philippines. He made a blood compact (sanduguan) and alliance with the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi on March 25, 1565 at Hinawanan Bay, barangay Hinawanan, Loay.[1] Their blood compact is the first Treaty of Friendship between Spain and the Philippines.[2] The previous site of the pact was thought to have been at barangay Bool, Tagbilaran City but later a panel of historians concluded that the event actually happened at barangay Hinawanan, Loay, Bohol as ratified through Resolution No. 4, issued by the National Historical Institute in 2005.[3]

  1. ^ "A Short History of the Bohol (Part I)". Bohol.ph. March 29, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Blood Compact Site". Bohol.ph. March 29, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "2005 Board Resolutions". NHCP. July 21, 2005. Retrieved December 23, 2020.