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The Organic Act certainly deserves to be celebrated. But at the same time, we cannot overlook its deficiencies....
Dr. Jennifer Craig is an NPS Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow with the American Conservation Experience....
Emma is currently a graduate student at the University of Guam working towards a master’s degree in biology....
Gifting, in its many forms, is part of many cultural traditions across the Pacific. It can mean the...
Marine algae, also known as seaweeds, are a diverse group of organisms.
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Guampedia, Guam's online encyclopedia, is a community project and a resource on Guam history, Chamorro/CHamoru...
This mini unit introduces students to an idea that storytellers can be different and that timelines can...
Marianas Storytelling: Land & Lineage. Part 2 of 4, Cultivating Connections Through Kånta, Courtship,...
Guampedia Author. Elizabeth Diaz Rechebei, a Chamorro/Japanese from Saipan. She is a co-principal investigator...
As part of a larger effort to preserve and revitalize the language, the CNMI’s Chamorro community began...
Sandra Chung is Distinguished Professor (emerita) in the Department of Linguistics at the University...
Imam Khalid Khan is the current president and missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Guam. ...
Lincoln Budasi (she/ her) hails from Mangilao, Guam and is part of Familian Pungco and Chino.
Mary holds a BEd and Professional Diploma in Secondary Social Studies with a concentration in Pacific...
Co-author. Christopher Justin (CJ) Hattori (Familian Titang) hails from Dededo, Guam. Co-authored Dr....
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) are Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian...
Pope John Paul II arrived in Guam during the evening of 22 February 1981. The Pontiff had planned to...
Margaret Perez Hattori-Uchima was a nurse, a teacher, a scholar, and a staunch advocate for health care...
Women in Chamorro history. The importance of women in Chamorro history is well documented, and many Guampedia...
Betel nut, known to Chamorro as pugua, can be viewed as a rich marker of cultural and social practic...
In 1918, more than 900 people died in Guam, approximately 70 percent of them due to influenza. The 1918...
Guampedia's Micronesia and World Milestones. A Journey through 4,000 Years
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Dr. Olivia Torres Cruz (1934 - 2022) was the first CHamoru woman to become a medical doctor. She was...
Richard Hugh Benson (1926 - 2021) was a judge for the Superior and Supreme Courts of Guam for over 40...
Pilar Cruz Lujan (1930 - 2022) was a CHamoru language advocate and leader, groundbreaking educator, and...
The 6th Marianas History Conference convened on 1-3 September 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Garapan,...
At many restaurants in Guam, there is a wide variety of kimchi and tanmuji that patrons can order as...
Guampedia author. Youngyoon Amy Seo earned a BS in Biology, BA in East Asian Studies, and MS in Community...
Guam’s first CHamoru policewoman. She enlisted in 1946 and served for 29 years.
Sumai/Sumay Descendants Registry
Children’s work space at the Back to Sumai event in...
“Gof Metgot I Mana’amte Yan I Amot Siha”—a solemn and profound message recently conveyed at a family...
As a child, Juan Cepeda was exposed to traditional healing methods as he assisted his mother Francisca...
As a child growing up in Saipan, it was a common sight for young Genaro Saralu, to see his mother, a...
Master Suruhåna Tan Regina and Master Suruhånu Tun Jesus Terlaje have treated hundreds of individuals...
Master Suruhåna Angela Santos Palacios has treated many individuals and is a well-known and well-sought...
The word hinanao refers to “travel” and “travelers.” The Mariana Islands have hosted a multitude of travelers...
With the enactment of PL 33-236 re-establishing I Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru yan i Fina’nå’guen i Historia...
The CHamorus often made their fishing nets out of the vascular bundles of fibers from Lo’u, a common...
Fanohge CHamoru Put I Tano-ta: Charting Our Collective Future, an exhibition about Guam’s historical...
Yu’us Prutehi I Islan Guåhan! More than 30 years ago historian and education leader Dr. Pedro Sanchez...
CHamoru perspectives have many times been at the periphery of the federal government’s decisions regarding...
CHamoru efforts toward self-determination and decolonization have brought about the revitalization of...
Cultural preservation is an important aspect of self-determination. For modern day descendants of Indigenous...
In the CHamoru culture, as in many other Pacific Island cultures, elders (mañaina) are held in high regard...
Inspired by the CHamoru/Chamorro concepts of mo’na, pa’go and tatte. The timeline covers important moments...
Throughout the second half of the 20th century Guåhan’s leaders encountered multiple challenges to pursuing...
Often, discussions of Guåhan’s quest for self-determination are mired in terminology that is difficult...
Few issues in Guåhan’s history garner such diverse reactions as the efforts for CHamoru self-determination...
In 2013 Guampedia launched a new section that included twenty new entries and a slew of historical documents...
Addresses misrepresentations focused in missionization. The research project Aberigua investigates the...
Culture clashes. In the years following the end of WWII in Guam, the naval administration, followed by...
Postwar leader. Joaquin “Kin” C. Arriola (1925 - 2022) was a prominent figure at the forefront of Guam’s...
SPAM® in Guam history and culture. SPAM®, the famous pink loaf in a blue square can found in kitchens...
Establishment of Religious Sisters in Guam. Religious sisters have been actively working and praying...
Public servant for more than six decades. Speaker Joe Taitano San Agustin (1930 - 2021) was the epitome...
Need for teachers in Guam grew after WWII. In the years following the end of World War II, Guam became...
“Juan Malimanga'' is the first comic strip in local print news that is written completely in the CHamoru...
The Chamorro Bilingual/Bicultural Program began on Guam in 1970 as a five-year test program run by the...
For Guåhan’s neighboring Micronesia islands, their designation as the United Nations’ Trust Territory...
Tumon Bay has a lengthy history and special significance for the CHamoru people whose ancestors lived...
If you have ever visited the Governor’s Office complex in Adelup, or attended Mass in the old Santa Teresita...
In 1947 the United States Navy created the Hopkins Commission to review and make recommendations about...
Public beaches, parks and other open spaces are such a major part of people’s lives on Guåhan, it may...
Current Court system of Guam set up in 1950. All nations operate under a system of laws that generally...
Focused on community development. Fifteen VISTA volunteers came to Guam 12 November 1967 on Pan American...
Held February 2021 and themed “Navigating 500 Years of Cross Cultural Contact”
Annotated Bibliography. World War II in the Marianas (1941-1945) played a significant role in shaping...
Since 2008, Guampedia.com has been recognized as a valuable community resource for and about the Mariana...
In the 1960s (1964 to be exact), in our small village of Toto, Christmas was a joyous time. As a youngster...
I’ve grown up with a tremendous fascination for talk story. I’m going to share a bit of folklore in the...
The Guam Preservation Trust offers Ekungok i Estoriå-ta (Listen to Our Stories), an online resource for...
Last appointed military governor of Guam. Governor Charles A. Pownall (1887-1975) served as naval Governor...
Paul Carano (1919-2020) was a teacher, researcher and one of the founders of the University of Guam’s...
This list was provided by the War in the Pacific National Park Service and the Guam War Survivors Memorial...
Governor Willis Bradley Issues Proclamation. US Naval Governor Willis Bradley created a Bill of Rights...
Rita Guevara Sablan (1926-2003) was a wife and mother of 10 children, an active member of her community,...
Peter Charles Siguenza, Jr. (1951 - 2020) was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam established...
Founder and voice of Guam talk radio. Jon Alan Anderson (1942 - 2019) was best known as the host of The...
Guampedia Advisor. Father Francis Xavier Hezel is former director of Micronesian Seminar. He lived and...
The fourth Marianas History Conference, "Commemorating Our Histories," was held at the University of...
Former Guampedia Editor. Eric V. Thomas has lived on Guam and worked in Guam, Micronesia, and Oceania...
What is a coral? Corals are small invertebrate animals that create the foundation of an ecosystem that...
How Guam formed. Guam has a wealth of geophysical and historical features through which one can experience...
Fungi help make the jungle work. Fungi are some of the most important organisms in an ecosystem. A variety...
What is a limestone forest? A limestone forest is a unique ecosystem consisting of a limestone ground...
Sea cucumbers are important. Of the many marine organisms populating Guam’s waters, sea cucumbers (balate’),...
Guam’s coral reefs and their decline. Coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on the planet....
Guampedia Author. Brandon L. Cruz is a CHamoru chanter and advocate for the accuracy of CHamoru (Taotao...
Davis v. Guam is a key court case which addresses the question of who is able to participate in the process...
Guampedia Board member. Alice Taijeron, a Guampedia Board member, is the president of the Guam Housing...
Guampedia Board Member. Teresita L. Perez (Familian Bonio) is a professor of English composition at the...
Memories of the war are just a blur. The sun rose bright and brilliant, the same way it had every Monday...
Daughter of an American. Tired and hungry were the words Irene Perez Ploke Sgambelluri (1931 - ) used...
The war brought her family closer together. Clad in a white dress and moccasins, Sylvia Iglesias San...
A young Malesso girl. Josefa Cruz Baza (1930 - 2021) is known as a quiet and gentle soul. But those who...
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