Recording Artists
Audio samples of recording artists Flora Baza Quan and Johnny Sablan.
Guampedia Resources, Multimedia
Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, e-Publications, Guam CAHA Workshops
Protecting Intellectual Property
Regional Arts Festival Set for Guam in 2016. In 2016, Guam will host the Festival of the Pacific Arts, a regional festival showcasing the diversity of arts and performances from over two dozen island nations and territories throughout the Pacific.
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Cultural Design with History in Mind
Art and History organizations offered workshop to prepare. In 2016, Guam hosted the Festival of the Pacific Arts, a regional festival showcasing the diversity of arts and performances from over two dozen island nations and territories throughout the Pacific.
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Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Contemporary Guam Era, e-Publications, Guam CAHA Workshops, Historic Eras of Guam
What is FestPac?
In 2016, Guam hosted the Festival of the Pacific Arts (FestPac), a region-wide festival celebrating the various arts and cultures of the Pacific. As the host of FestPac 2016, Guam chose what kinds of events to highlight, although traditional performances, arts and craft displays and demonstrations, music and story-telling are often part of the many activities available for participants.
2nd Marianas History Conference
51 Papers and Posters on Marianas History. The University of Guam, Guam Preservation Trust, Guampedia, and the Northern Marianas Humanities Council hosted the 2nd Marianas History Conference on the UOG Campus in Mangilao, Guam, from August 30-31.
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1st Marianas History Conference
The conference theme, “One Archipelago, Many Stories,” highlighted the deep and rich history of the Mariana Islands. It also bridged the political division of the archipelago which dates to the late 19th century.
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Ancient Guam Era, Chamorro Culture, Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Our Heritage
CHamoru DNA Studies and the Origin of the CHamoru People
From where do the original inhabitants of the Marianas originate? How long ago did they first settle the islands? What kind of migration pattern describes the settlement or settlements of the Mariana Islands? These are some of the questions that researchers are trying to answer regarding the origins and relationships of the CHamoru people.
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Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Health, Health and Medicine, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Health
Lytico-Bodig on Guam
Long studied, now disappearing disease. Lytico-bodig is the local name for a complex of neurological diseases (or diseases that affect the nervous system) on Guam that resembles amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gerhig’s disease), Parkinsonism-Dementia (PD) and possibly Alzheimer’s disease.
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Guampedia Authors, Guampedia Staff and Contributors
Eddie LG Benavente
Guampedia Author. Eddie Leon Guerrero Benavente was a Chamorro activist leader since the early 1980s.
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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, Politics and Government, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Politics
Organic Act of Guam
Granted Congressional US citizenship to the people of Guam. The Organic Act of Guam is federal legislation passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by US President Harry S. Truman on 1 August 1950. In general, the act established a non-military, civil government on Guam; granted congressional US citizenship to residents of the island at the time and their descendants; and solidified the island’s political status as an unincorporated territory of the United States. Formerly a Spanish colony, Guam was ceded to the US in 1898.
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