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.
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
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
Following the conclusion of the four-month long Spanish-American war in 1898, Guam was placed under the control of the United States Department of the Navy
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
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 activism in the 1970s. In the 1970s, several CHamoru activist groups organized to resist both local injustices and United States colonialism on Guam in
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
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
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
