CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination
Richard Flores Taitano
Richard Flores “Dick” Taitano was a prominent figure in Guam politics and community service following the establishment of the civilian government on Guam. Taitano was
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Angel Leon Guerrero Santos
Perhaps no individual figure in Guam’s recent history epitomizes the social and political activism of the 1990s more than Angel Anthony “Anghet” Leon Guerrero Santos,
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Angel LG Santos
Matatnga. In 1993, Angel Leon Guerrero Santos, the spokesman for the Chamorro activist group Nasion Chamoru was invited to Hawaii to join a gathering of
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Political Status Commissions
In the 1960s and 1970s, several formal entities were organized by the Government of Guam to help assess the island’s political needs and desires and
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Elective Governor Act 1968
The Guam Elective Governor Act was passed by the United States Congress on 11 September 1968 and granted the people of Guam the authority to
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Guam Constitutional Conventions (ConCon)
Guam residents seek more self government. In an effort to address deficiencies in Guam’s relationship with the United States, two constitutional conventions were convened by
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CHamoru Registry and the Decolonization Registry
In the early 1960s when the United Nations passed Resolution 1514 (XV) declaring that peoples in colonized territories had the right to self-determination, many non-self-governing
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National Attention on Guam’s Postwar Campaign for Citizenship
When Guam was ceded to the United States after the Spanish-American War in 1898, the island fell under the administrative control of the US Navy.
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OPI-R: Organization of People for Indigenous Rights
Although Chamorros have a long history of resisting the different colonial administrations that have governed the island, the latter decades of the 20th century are
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Land Ownership in Guam
Ancient wisdom. Within the region known as Micronesia is a chain of islands called the Marianas, which are the furthest north and the nearest to