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Entries

  1. Agad’na: Canoe Builders
  2. Ålas: Turtle Shell Ornaments
  3. Alu and Pang
  4. Ancient CHamoru Body Modification
  5. Ancient CHamoru Burial Practices
  6. Ancient CHamoru Burial Rituals
  7. Ancient CHamoru Calendar
  8. Ancient CHamoru Cultural Aspects of Fishing
  9. Ancient CHamoru Fish Weirs (Gigao)
  10. Ancient CHamoru Fishing Practices
  11. Ancient CHamoru Fishing Tools
  12. Ancient CHamoru Kinship and Land Tenure
  13. Ancient CHamoru Medicine Making
  14. Ancient CHamoru Pottery Usage
  15. Ancient CHamoru Settlement Patterns
  16. Ancient CHamoru Tool Making
  17. Ancient CHamoru Use of Human Bones
  18. Ancient CHamoru Use of Rice
  19. Animism
  20. Aniti: Spirit
  21. Babuen Kuresma: Lenten Boar
  22. Baotismo: Baptism
  23. Bela: Wake or Vigil
  24. Birth
  25. Burego’
  26. Burial Practices
  27. Chaife’s Lost Soul
  28. CHamoru Directional Terminology
  29. CHamoru Nicknames
  30. CHamoru Numbers
  31. CHamoru Proverbs
  32. CHamoru Seagrass Fishing Nets
  33. CHamoru Surnames
  34. CHamoru Women’s Legacy of Leadership
  35. CHamoru DNA Studies and the Origin of the CHamoru People
  36. CHamoru Sidereal Direction Terminology
  37. Chåmpada: Social Competition for Status
  38. Che’lu/Mañe’lu: Siblings
  39. Chenchule’: Social Reciprocity
  40. Crime and Punishment
  41. Criollo
  42. Dinague Laolao
  43. Discipline
  44. Division of Labor by Age, Class, Gender
  45. Dowry Presentation: Marriage Rituals
  46. Emmok: Revenge
  47. Familia
  48. Fiestas
  49. Fino’ Gualåfon: Moonlight Talk
  50. Fino’ Håya Project
  51. First Holy Communion and Confirmation
  52. Fouha Bay: Cradle of Creation
  53. Fumatinas Titiyas yan Fuma’gasi Magagu: Places of Romance
  54. Gadao yan Otro Pinenta Siha: Traditional Art
  55. Gadao’s Strength
  56. Geftao: Unselfishness
  57. Guinahan Famagu’on: Children’s Wealth
  58. Guma’ Uritao
  59. Hale’ta: CHamoru Cultural Traditions
  60. Health Consequences of Modern Diets on Guam
  61. Hilitai: Monitor Lizard
  62. Hima: Conserving a Cultural Heritage
  63. Hineksa’ Nina’i: Gift of Rice
  64. I Tinituhon
  65. Inafa’maolek: Striving for Harmony
  66. Indios
  67. Insulares
  68. Kantan Chamorita
  69. Karabao: Water Buffalo
  70. Ko’lao yan Fattoigue: Custom of Bringing a Gift of Food
  71. Kottot: Marriage Rituals
  72. Kulepbla: Snake
  73. Kumaire/Måle’
  74. Kumpaire/Pari’
  75. Låncho: Ranch
  76. Latte’s Significance
  77. Ma Uritao
  78. Ma’goddai: Strong Urge
  79. Maga’håga: Highest Ranking Daughter
  80. Maga’låhi: Highest Ranking Son
  81. Magutos i Finihu: Marriage Rituals
  82. Mamåhlao: Shame
  83. Mamaisen Saina: Marriage Rituals
  84. Mampolitiku: Politics
  85. Manåmko’
  86. Manachang
  87. Mangkalamya: Skilled Artisans
  88. Manila Galleon Trade Route-La Nao de China: A Legacy in the Marianas
  89. Manma’gas: Leaders
  90. Mannakhilo’ and Mannakpåpa’
  91. Marriage Traditions
  92. Matå’pang: Evolution of the Term
  93. Matao and Acha’ot
  94. Matatnga: Fearless
  95. Matrimony and Social Change in the Marianas during Spanish Times
  96. Men’s Roles
  97. Mestizo (Mestisu)
  98. Mo’na: Circular Concept of History
  99. Mother’s Brothers
  100. Mulatos and Negros
  101. Mythological Depictions of Men
  102. Mythological Depictions of Women
  103. Natural
  104. Nginge’: Showing Respect
  105. Nina/Ninu
  106. Ninana: Motherhood
  107. Niyok: Coconut
  108. Nobena: Novena (Catholic Devotional Prayers)
  109. Nobenan I Sagrada Familia
  110. Nobenan San Antonion Padua (Novena to Saint Anthony of Padua)
  111. Origin of CHamoru as an Ethnic Identifier
  112. Passion for Pugua
  113. Pattida: Dividing Family Land Among Children
  114. Peninsulares
  115. Perspective: Guam Women in Art
  116. Perspective: Women and Religion in CHamoru Society
  117. Perspective: Women in Guam History: A Critical Reflection
  118. Perspective: Women in Politics
  119. Physical Anthropology of Ancient Guam and the Mariana Islands
  120. Poksai: Informal Adoption
  121. Pre-Historic Pottery of Guam
  122. Prebirth
  123. Pumeska: Hunters on Land and Sea
  124. Puntan and Fu’una: Gods of Creation
  125. Puntan Dos Amantes
  126. Puntan Påtgon
  127. Saina: Elders
  128. Saina: Gender Roles
  129. Sirena
  130. Slingstones: Weapons
  131. Social Classes in Traditional CHamoru Society
  132. Sottera/Sotteru: Teenagers
  133. Suruhånu yan Amot: Healers and Medicine
  134. Taotaomo’na
  135. Techa: Traditional Prayer Leader
  136. The Matao Iron Trade Part 1: Contact and Commerce
  137. The Matao Iron Trade Part 2: Galleon Trading and Repatriation
  138. The Matao Iron Trade Part 3: Appropriation and Entanglement
  139. The Young Maidens That Saved Guam
  140. Umayute’: Divorce
  141. Uritao: Bachelor
  142. Utak: Itak
  143. Voices of Our Elders Media Files
  144. Warfare
  145. Women’s Roles

Biographies

  1. Agualin
  2. Angela Santos Palacios, Master Suruhåna
  3. Fo’na
  4. Genaro Saralu, Master Åmti Espirituat
  5. Hineti
  6. Hurao
  7. Josefa Cruz Certeza, Master Suruhåna
  8. Juan Cepeda, Master Suruhånu
  9. Kepuha: Quipuha
  10. Laura Maud Thompson
  11. Matå’pang: Matapang
  12. Regina Mafnas and Jesus Salas Terlaje, Master Suruhåna and Suruhånu
  13. Santa Marian Kamalen
  14. Taga
  15. Tolahi
  16. Yula