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Maria Anderson Roberto

Maria Anderson Roberto, born in 1880, was a CHamoru woman who had been employed as a chaperone for the Native Nurses program in Guam from 1914 to 1924 during the early United States Naval administration of the island. Her role was crucial for the success of the program and the training of young CHamoru women as nurses for the naval hospital.

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Health and Medicine, Historic Eras of Guam, Modern Guam Rises, People, People and Places, Post WWII Era, Post WWII Era: Health, US Naval Era, US Naval Era: Health, Women in Guam History, WWII/Japanese Era, WWII/Japanese Era: Health

Amanda Guzman Shelton

Amanda Pangelinan Guzman Shelton (1906-1982) was one of a handful of native Chamorro nurses who worked at the Naval Hospital in Hagåtña in the early American administration of Guam before World War II.  Better known as “Mac,” Shelton was born 22 October 1906.

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Ancient Guam Era, Ancient Guam: Health, Archeological Investigations, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Food, Health and Medicine, Historic Eras of Guam

Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Food and Diet

Cultural aspects of food. Humans require food in order to survive. People get their food from the natural environment through practices of food collection, farming, and the hunting or raising of animals. But food not only nourishes our bodies—food is culturally important, too.

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Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Health, Health and Medicine, Historic Eras of Guam

Guam Memorial Hospital

Located in Oka, Tamuning, Guam Memorial Hospital is Guam’s only public hospital, with a licensed bed capacity of 158 acute care beds, plus forty licensed long-term care beds at its Skilled Nursing Facility located in Barrigada Heights. The availability of beds for actual admissions at both facilities necessarily varies in accordance with the availability of fully trained and licensed staff.

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Health and Medicine, Historic Eras of Guam, Interpretive Essays, Spanish Era, Spanish Era: Health

Spanish Response to CHamoru/Chamorro Depopulation

An important part of Guam’s Spanish-era history is the dramatic decline of the CHamoru population, particularly in the context of the Father Diego Luís de San Vitores’ watershed mission that began in 1668, and the nearly thirty years of subsequent resistance of the CHamorus, the indigenous peoples of Guam and the Marianas.

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Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Health, Health and Medicine, Historic Eras of Guam

Suicide in Micronesia

The historical record of suicide on Guam extends back to the mid-19th century. Father Aniceto Ibáñez del Carmen in his Chronicle of the Mariana Islands recorded 18 suicides between 1861 and 1891, or an annual rate of about 12 per 100,000. The romantic legend, Puntan dos Amantes or “Two Lovers’ Point,” alludes to the presence of suicide in CHamoru society.

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