
Betel Nut: Cultural and Social Aspects
Betel nut, known to Chamorro as pugua, can be viewed as a rich marker of cultural and social practice.
Betel nut, known to Chamorro as pugua, can be viewed as a rich marker of cultural and social practice.
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Guam Old Hagåtña hospital. Photo from GMH collection. Table of Contents Share This In 1918, more than 900 people died
Dr. Olivia Torres Cruz (1934 – 2022) was the first CHamoru woman to become a medical doctor. She was a trailblazer who advocated for more
Richard Hugh Benson (1926 – 2021) was a judge for the Superior and Supreme Courts of Guam for over 40 years.
The 6th Marianas History Conference convened on 1-3 September 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Garapan, Saipan, CNMI.
Guam’s first CHamoru policewoman. She enlisted in 1946 and served for 29 years.
With the enactment of PL 33-236 re-establishing I Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru yan i Fina’nå’guen i Historia yan i Lina’la’ i Tåotao Tåno’ (Kumisión) came
Burego’ was a joyful CHamoru/Chamorro Christmas celebration in the Mariana Islands. Young people, but primarily teenagers, masqueraded and went house-to-house in their costumes.
The CHamorus often made their fishing nets out of the vascular bundles of fibers from Lo’u, a common seagrass. This seagrass is frequently called turtle
Addresses misrepresentations focused in missionization. The research project Aberigua investigates the impact that Spanish colonialism had on CHamorus from a decolonial-depatriarchal standpoint aimed at redressing