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Chamorro Culture

Criollo

In Spanish colonial times criollo referred to a full-blooded Spaniard born in the Spanish colonies in Asia and the Americas. It was a term mostly

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Scientific Studies - agana house chores
Chamorro Culture

Indios

ndios were defined as the native indigenous peoples in all the Spanish American and Asian possessions. During the Spanish colonial period in the Mariana Islands

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Spanish Era Social Classes
Chamorro Culture

Insulares

Insulares was the specific term given to criollos (full-blooded Spaniards born in the colonies) born in the Philippines or the Marianas. Insulares were part of

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Governor's Garden. Guam Public Library System collection.
Chamorro Culture

Mulatos and Negros

During the Spanish colonial period (1668-1898), persons of mixed African and Spanish ancestry were known to the Spaniards as mulatos. They were mostly hired for

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At the time of the American capture of Guam in June 1898, the Spanish-built Governor's Palace was in a deteriorated condition.
Chamorro Culture

Peninsulares

Two terms were used to differentiate the origin of the Spaniards residing In the 19th century colonial Philippines. A Spaniard born in Spain was referred

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Spears
Chamorro Culture

Natural

Spanish administrative term. This name is given to the primitive Indians with whom the Spaniards settled the peace agreements, although their descendants had mixed by

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Ignacia Butler, back row center, poses with her family in 1912. Her father, Baltazar Bordallo, was from Saucelle, Spain. Her mother, Rita Borja Pangelinan, was from Hågat, Guam. The children, from left, Baltazar Jerome ("BJ"), Delfina, Ignacia, Carlos, and Tomas. Corrections provided by Donna Champion from Clara Mae Champion. Jacqui Champion-McMahon photo.
Chamorro Culture

Mestizo (Mestisu)

During Spanish colonial rule in the Marianas, the term mestizo (mestisu in CHamoru) referred to a person of mixed parentage. In its original context, as

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