It is difficult to envision the reality of Chamorros who survived the colonization by Spain. A 10-year-old boy who witnessed the arrival of Padre Diego Luis de San Vitores in 1668, would have seen an almost 93 percent drop in the population of his people if he lived to be 64-years-old.
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Captain Henry Glass’ bloodless seizure of Guam on 20-21 June 1898, his quick departure without establishing an American take-over government, and even the tears of the last Spanish governor – Juan Marina – who was overwhelmed with the kindness of Lieutenant William Braunersreuther for not looking at the letter Marina penned to his wife as he and other Spanish officers were taken away to Glass’ ship in a sudden downpour, are all part of the complex historical and contemporary consequences following this commencement of the early American period of Guam history.
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Colonialism is a process of usurping an existing order or orders of meaning for a territory or a people, and replacing them with a new order which is defined by the colonizer at that order’s apex. The intended result is that the colonizer will from then on be understood as the source of the colonial world’s order, and the source of any potential progress.
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The Guam Law Library was established in 1978 to serve the growing needs of Guam’s legal community and the public. It is located in Hagåtña adjacent to the Judicial Center.
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Guampedia Author. Wakako Higuchi earned her PhD in Pacific and Asian history from The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and an MA in Micronesian studies from the University of Guam. She also holds a BA in Oriental history from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Guampedia Author. Vincent P. Diego earned a BA in biology from the University of Guam in 1995. He went on to earn his MA and PhD in biological anthropology from Binghamton University, State University of New York in 2001 and 2005, respectively.
Guampedia Author. Steven Amesbury earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Hawai’i and holds an MS in zoology and a BA in anthropology from the University of Arizona.
Guampedia Author. Sally Y. Tsuda earned an MSN and BSN in nursing from the University of Hawai’i in 1978 and 1963, respectively.
Guampedia Author. Roy T. Tsuda (1939-2020) earned a PhD in botany with a minor in zoology from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee awarded in 1970. He also held an MS and BA in botany from the University of Hawai’i, awarded in 1966 and 1963, respectively.
Guampedia Advisor and Author. Rosanna Perez Barcinas is a locally grown product of Josefina Perez and Joseph Torres Barcinas. Born and raised in Guam, Rosanna obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban Affairs and Public Development from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio in 1990.
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