This mini unit introduces students to an idea that storytellers can be different and that timelines can be broadened to include all sorts of stories/narratives
As part of a larger effort to preserve and revitalize the language, the CNMI’s Chamorro community began in 2008 to revise Topping, Ogo, and
Women in Chamorro history. The importance of women in Chamorro history is well documented, and many Guampedia entries reinforce this point. In the Chamorro cosmology,
Pilar Cruz Lujan (1930 – 2022) was a CHamoru language advocate and leader, groundbreaking educator, and a six-term senator in the Guam Legislature.
Culture clashes. In the years following the end of WWII in Guam, the naval administration, followed by a civilian administration in 1950, took on the
Need for teachers in Guam grew after WWII. In the years following the end of World War II, Guam became a new military stronghold in
“Juan Malimanga” is the first comic strip in local print news that is written completely in the CHamoru language. The comic strip, originally written by
The Chamorro Bilingual/Bicultural Program began on Guam in 1970 as a five-year test program run by the Guam Department of Education to promote the use
Paul Carano (1919-2020) was a teacher, researcher and one of the founders of the University of Guam’s Micronesian Area Research Center. Carano was the son
Educator, historian and public servant. Dr. Pedro Cruz Sanchez (29 June 1925 – 15 August 1987), known as “Doc,” was a prolific educator, historian and
