When the Spanish priests first began to colonize Guam in the 17th century, they were appalled by the social power women held in Chamoru society as compared with their own patriarchal society.
Gualafon (Full Moon)
Gulafon (Full Moon) Money bead made of hima (giant clam shell), with blue coral, Job’s Tears and glass beads, 2007
By: Julie (Jill) Quichocho Benavente
- Date Posted: May 13, 2021
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Håyi Gayu Mu? Voting in Guåhan
ESSAY | REFLECTION
By: Desiree Taimanglo Ventura
- Date Posted: May 06, 2021
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Look closely at election signs when November rolls around. In addition to awkward headshots and strange graphic design, you will find powerful evidence of indigenous collective values that benefit, not just the individual, but the entire family/clan.
I Talen Mañaina-ta
ESSAY | EDUCATION
By: Laura M. Torres Souder, PhD
- Date Posted: May 06, 2021
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Maila mågi, famagu’on i achaguåfak-hu. Ekongok yu’. Hagas ha’ manggaigi i taotao-ta guini na tåno’. Manaotao tåno’ hit. Ni’ ngai’an na u ma funas i fino’-ta yan i tiningo’-ta yanggen un go’ti ya un na’metgot i talen mañaina-mu.
I Talen Mañaina-ta - English-CHamoru version
ESSAY | EDUCATION
By: Laura M. Torres Souder, PhD
- Date Posted: May 07, 2021
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Maila mågi, famagu’on i achaguåfak-hu. Ekongok yu’. Hagas ha’ manggaigi i taotao-ta guini na tåno’. Manaotao tåno’ hit. Ni’ ngai’an na u ma funas i fino’-ta yan i tiningo’-ta yanggen un go’ti ya un na’metgot i talen mañaina-mu.
One Day Our Bodies Will Truly Be Free
POETRY
By: Arielle Taitano Lowe
- Date Posted: May 07, 2021
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The Decolonization "Zoom" Conversation
DIGITAL ART, 2021
By: Jack Lujan Bevacqua
- Date Posted: May 07, 2021
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The Woman Behind the Scenes
ESSAY | REFLECTION
By: Leiana San Agustin Naholowa’a
- Date Posted: May 06, 2021
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No matter what political status our people choose, there will be efforts to care for the community by elected officials operating within the kinds of democratic structures and systems of governance that exist today. The work of winning a political campaign is vast, and behind every successful politician in Guåhan is a lot of money, an extended clan network, or the kind of support that is found in a spouse or life partner.