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Ancient Guam

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  1. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Era Gallery
  2. Archeological Investigations
  3. Early Historic Accounts

Art, Architecture, Body Adornment and Food

  1. Agad’na: Canoe Builders
  2. Ålas: Turtle Shell Ornaments
  3. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Body Modification
  4. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Cave Art
  5. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Concepts of Beauty
  6. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Fishing Tools
  7. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Jewelry: Manmade Accessories and Body Coverings
  8. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Pottery: Early Calcareous Ware
  9. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Pottery Usage
  10. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Tool Making
  11. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Use of Human Bones
  12. Blacksmithing
  13. Canoe Building
  14. Carving
  15. CHamoru/Chamorro Dance
  16. CHamoru/Chamorro Jewelry
  17. Chant
  18. Cultural Design with History in Mind
  19. Kantan Chamorita
  20. Latte
  21. Latte Structures
  22. Latte’s Significance
  23. Mangkalamya: Skilled Artisans
  24. On The Question of Tattoo by Ancestral CHamorus/Chamorros
  25. Pole and Thatched Homes
  26. Pre-Historic Pottery of Guam
  27. Proa and Navigation
  28. Pumeska: Hunters on Land and Sea
  29. Weaving

Biographies

  1. Agualin
  2. Ferdinand Magellan
  3. Gadao’s Strength
  4. Hurao
  5. Kepuha: Quipuha
  6. Matå’pang: Matapang
  7. Oliver van Noort
  8. Puntan and Fu’una: Gods of Creation
  9. Taga
  10. Thomas Cavendish

Environment and Natural Resources

  1. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Agricultural Practices
  2. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Calendar
  3. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Cultural Aspects of Fishing
  4. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Fish Weirs (Gigao)
  5. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Fishing Practices
  6. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Settlement Patterns
  7. Ancient Guam’s Environment
  8. CHamoru/Chamorro Seagrass Fishing Nets
  9. Niyok: Coconut

European Exploration, Trade and Scientific Studies

  1. Beachcombers
  2. Dutch Traders
  3. Early European Observations of CHamorus/Chamorros
  4. Galleon: San Pablo
  5. The Matao Iron Trade Part 1: Contact and Commerce
  6. The Matao Iron Trade Part 2: Galleon Trading and Repatriation
  7. The Matao Iron Trade Part 3: Appropriation and Entanglement

Government and Economic Systems

  1. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Kinship and Land Tenure
  2. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Use of Rice
  3. Division of Labor by Age, Class, Gender
  4. Emmok: Revenge
  5. Familia
  6. Guinahan Famagu’on: Children’s Wealth
  7. Land Ownership on Guam
  8. Maga’håga: Highest Ranking Daughter
  9. Maga’låhi: Highest Ranking Son
  10. Mampolitiku: Politics
  11. Manåmko’
  12. Manachang
  13. Manma’gas: Leaders
  14. Matao and Acha’ot
  15. Saina: Elders
  16. Saina: Gender Roles
  17. Social Classes in Traditional CHamoru/Chamorro Society

Health and Medicine

  1. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Food and Diet
  2. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Medicine Making
  3. Birth
  4. CHamoru/Chamorro DNA Studies and the Origin of the CHamoru People
  5. Prebirth
  6. Suruhånu yan Amot: Healers and Medicine

Language and Education

  1. CHamoru/Chamorro Numbers
  2. CHamoru/Chamorro Sidereal Direction Terminology
  3. Guma’ Uritao
  4. Ma Uritao
  5. Origin of CHamoru/Chamorro as an Ethnic Identifier
  6. Origin of Guam’s Indigenous People
  7. Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language
  8. Uritao: Bachelor

Religion and Cultural Practices

  1. Alu and Pang
  2. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Burial Practices
  3. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Burial Rituals
  4. Aniti: Spirit
  5. Burial Practices
  6. Chaife’s Lost Soul
  7. CHamoru/Chamorro Ancestor Worship
  8. CHamoru/Chamorro World View
  9. Chenchule’: Social Reciprocity
  10. Dinague Laolao
  11. Fino’ Gualåfon: Moonlight Talk
  12. Geftao: Unselfishness
  13. Hale’ta: CHamoru/Chamorro Cultural Traditions
  14. I Tinituhon
  15. Inafa’maolek: Striving for Harmony
  16. Ko’lao yan Fattoigue: Custom of Bringing a Gift of Food
  17. Marriage Traditions
  18. Matatnga: Fearless
  19. Mo’na: Circular Concept of History
  20. Poksai: Informal Adoption
  21. Puntan Dos Amantes
  22. Puntan Påtgon
  23. Taotaomo’na
  24. The Young Maidens That Saved Guam
  25. Umayute’: Divorce

Villages and Places

  1. Contents of a Latte Village
  2. Fouha Bay: Cradle of Creation
  3. Pågat
  4. Pago (Pågu)
  5. Pulantat (Yo’ńa)
  6. Ritidian (Litekyan)
  7. Tarague (Talågi)

Weapons and Warfare

  1. Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Warfare
  2. Cultural Aspects of Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Warfare
  3. Slingstones
  4. Slingstones: Weapons
  5. Warfare
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