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Guam leaders meet with US Senator Spark M. Matsunaga after the US Senate hearing on the proposed Guam Constitution. L to R: Sen. Antonio M. Palomo, Con-Con Delegate Judith P. Guthertz, Con-Con President Carl Gutierrez, Mr. Walter Ferenz, representing the Guam Bar Association, Mr. Greg S. Perez, Chamber of Commerce president. Guam's Congressman Antonio B. Won Pat, and Sen. Matsungaga who chaired the hearings. Photo courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).

CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination

Commission on Decolonization

The Commission on Decolonization was established by the 24th Guam Legislature in 1997 to enhance the efforts of the Commission on Self-Determination. Its purpose is

Instructor in a striped shirt stands at the front of a classroom, guiding students seated at long desks.

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Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language

The goal of education in any society is to impart knowledge and to equip people with the tools necessary to become valuable and contributing members

CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination

PARA-PADA

CHamoru activism in the 1970s. In the 1970s, several CHamoru activist groups organized to resist both local injustices and United States colonialism on Guam in

CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination

Guam Commonwealth Act

30 Years in the making. Guam’s Commonwealth Act was both a continuation of indigenous rights struggles from the early 20th century and a reaction to

CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination

History of Efforts to Reunify the Mariana Islands

Partitioning the Mariana Islands at the peace table in Versailles was undoubtedly one of America’s greatest foreign policy “Follies.” Despite the best advice from naval

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Santa Ana Chapel, Hågat

The Santa Ana Chapel was built in the 1950s and dedicated in 1968. In 2008, the Chapel was rebuilt and is currently maintained by the

CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination

Guam Echo and Guam Eagle

Early Guam newspapers. Two publications that emerged during the US Naval Administration of Guam (1898-1941) were the Guam Eagle and the Guam Echo. The Guam

Chamorro Culture

Fino’ Håya Project

Guam Community College created a series of 16 videos in Fino’ Håya, the indigenous language of the island of Guam, in an effort to revive,

Joint Session of the 4th Guam Congress, 1936

CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination

Civil Rights and US Citizenship (1898-1950)

The United States began its colonial administration of Guam in 1898. Today, Guam remains a colony of the US as an unincorporated territory. Because of

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Gloria Borja Nelson

Educator and Public Servant. Gloria Borja Nelson (1935 – 2012) was a former Guam Department of Education director and a vocal advocate for retirees and