Contemporary Guam

Contemporary Guam Gallery

Art, Architecture, and Music

1961 Jazz. Tina Muña Barnes photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Band Ensembles
ProaB
Canoe Building
Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro quarry men chipped limestone with basalt adzes and axes, they removed the rubble by hand or wooden shovels.
Carving
Ceramics
Ceramics
Stick dance, 2008 Salland Festival. Inetnon Gef Pa'go collection.
CHamoru/Chamorro Dance
Spondylus and Conus
CHamoru/Chamorro Jewelry
Kantan Chamorita Masters. Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA).
CHamoru/Chamorro Music
I Fanlalaian
Chant
compadres
Compadres
Maria Yatar McDonald
Contemporary Tattoo
Noon Sunday was a commercial film from 1971 that was shot on Guam and in the Philippines.
Filmmaking
Graphic Arts Guam Census 2000 Ariel Dimalanta, well known Guam graphic artist, designed this logo for the Guam Census in 2000. Ariel Dimalanta/Ariel & Company
Graphic Arts
Modern Hollow Block Home, Santa Rita. Shannon Murphy collection.
Hollow Block Cement Homes
1961 Jazz. Tina Muña Barnes photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Jazz
Spirit of the Nunu Tree by Judy Flores.
Painting
Fanai Castro unceasingly spits conscious poetry at Sinangån-ta Poetry Slam.
Poetry/Spoken Word
Rita Sablan-Diaz, Chamorro de Guam. Paul Jacoulet, 1934.
Printmaking
University's Greetings. UOG Island Theater
Theater
Weaving, Guampedia collection.
Weaving

Biographies

Sleepy Lagoon by Adriano Pangelinan.
Adriano Pangelinan
Andrew “Andy” Laguaña
Andrew “Andy” Laguaña
Activist, Champion of Chamorro Rights, Senator, these are titiles Angel Leon Guerrero Santos has held in bringing awareness of federal landtakings and constraints imposed on original landowners.
Angel Leon Guerrero Santos
In 1998 he ran for Governor as a Democrat, with Jose “Pedo” Terlaje the Mayor of Yo’na (Yona) as his running mate. Their campaign was built around the slogan “Hita” the CHamoru/Chamorro word for “we.” Photo courtesy of the Santos Family.
Angel LG Santos
Anthony A. Leon Guerrero
Anthony A. Leon Guerrero
Marianas Storytelling Program at American Memorial Park with (from left to right) Ranger Brooke Nevitt, NMI Humanities Council Board Member Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho, Guampedia Managing Director Rita P. Nauta, and Department of Parks and Recreation Historian Anthony "Malia" Ramirez.
Anthony “Tony” Ramirez
Ariel Dimalanta
Ariel Dimalanta
The Bautista Brothers. Mico and Steven Scott photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Bautista Brothers
Chamorro amulet made from the hima or giant clam shell.
Ben "Sinahi" del Rosario
Bill Muna center formed a band with Pete Bautista. Tina Muña Barnes/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Bill Muna
Candelaria Taitano Rios
Candelaria Taitano Rios
Carlos T. Laguana, following in the footsteps of his father, Carlos C. Laguana, became a bassist. Laguana studied the bass at Berkeley College of Music in Boston and has been teaching band.
Carlos T. Laguana
Dr. Clair Lynn Raulerson
Clair Lynn Raulerson
Concepcion Cruz Barrett and Governor Carlos G. Camacho (1924 – 1979). Barrett, known as “Chong,” was a representative in the Guam Congress before the Organic Act of Guam was adopted by US Congress in 1950. She was also a senator in the Guam Legislature, a leader of the Republican Party of Guam and served as its National Committee member.
Concepcion Cruz Barrett
Congressman Vicente "Ben" Garrido Blaz
Congressman Vicente "Ben" Garrido Blaz
Young Elizabeth P. Perez, on return from graduating from a US college
Elizabeth Perez Arriola
Seated left to right are Maira Camacho Johnston (wife of Joseph with daughter Jennifer), Margaret Johnston Goetz, Agueda Iglesias Johnston, Emilie Green Johnston (wife of Herbert), Marian Johnston Taitano (with daoughter Linda). Standing left to right are Eloise Johnston Sanchez, Cheryldine Goetz (daughter of Margaret) and Cynthia Johnston Torres. Johnston Family Colleciton.
Emilie Green Johnston
Dolphin Day by Evelyn Flores.
Evelyn Flores
Gadao Spondylus by Filamore Palomo Alcon
Filamore Palomo Alcon
Flora Baza Quan is known as the Queen of Chamorro (CHamoru) Music.
Flora Baza Quan
Frank D. Perez
Frank D. Perez
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Contemporary Guam Gallery

Art, Architecture, and Music

  1. Band Ensembles
  2. Canoe Building
  3. Carving
  4. Ceramics
  5. CHamoru Dance
  6. CHamoru Jewelry
  7. CHamoru Music
  8. Chant
  9. Compadres
  10. Contemporary Tattoo
  11. Filmmaking
  12. Graphic Arts
  13. Hollow Block Cement Homes
  14. Jazz
  15. Painting
  16. Photography
  17. Poetry/Spoken Word
  18. Printmaking
  19. Theater
  20. Weaving

Biographies

  1. Adriano Pangelinan
  2. Andrew “Andy” Laguaña
  3. Angel Leon Guerrero Santos
  4. Angel LG Santos, Interpretive Essay
  5. Anthony A. Leon Guerrero
  6. Anthony “Tony” Ramirez
  7. Ariel Dimalanta
  8. Bautista Brothers
  9. Ben “Sinahi” del Rosario
  10. Bill Muna
  11. Candelaria Taitano Rios
  12. Carlos T. Laguana
  13. Clair Lynn Raulerson
  14. Concepcion Cruz Barrett
  15. Congressman Vicente “Ben” Garrido Blaz
  16. Elizabeth Perez Arriola
  17. Emilie Green Johnston
  18. Evelyn Flores
  19. Filamore Palomo Alcon
  20. Flora Baza Quan
  21. Frank Duenas Perez
  22. Frank E. Sanchez, Martial Arts Profile
  23. Frank Rabon
  24. Fred Schumann, Runner Profile
  25. Gloria Borja Nelson
  26. Governor Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez
  27. Governor Carlos Camacho
  28. Governor Eddie Baza Calvo
  29. Governor Felix Perez Camacho
  30. Governor Joseph Franklin Ada
  31. Governor Lourdes A. “Lou” Leon Guerrero
  32. Governor Paul MacDonald Calvo
  33. Governor Ricardo Jerome Bordallo
  34. Greg B. Flores
  35. Herman Crisostomo
  36. Herminia Duenas Dierking
  37. Ignacio “Buck” Cruz
  38. Jesus Sablan Leon Guerrero
  39. Joey San Agustin
  40. Johnny Sablan
  41. Jon Alan Anderson
  42. Jose J. Babauta
  43. Jose Leon Guerrero Untalan
  44. Joseph “JD Crutch” Duenas
  45. Judy Flores
  46. Julie “Jill” Quichocho Benavente
  47. Kie Susuico
  48. Laura T. Souder
  49. Leonard Iriarte
  50. Lt. Governor Frank F. Blas
  51. Madeleine Zeien Bordallo
  52. Magdalena Taitano
  53. Manny Crisostomo
  54. Maria Palomo Ada
  55. Maria Yatar McDonald
  56. Mark Dell’Isola
  57. Melvin Won Pat-Borja
  58. Moe Cotton
  59. Monica D. Baza
  60. Patrick Palomo
  61. Patti Lane
  62. Pedro Martinez Ada
  63. Peter C. Siguenza, Jr.
  64. Peter Onedera
  65. Richard “Ric” Castro
  66. Richard Flores Taitano
  67. Richard Hugh Benson
  68. Robert Taitano
  69. Rita Franquez
  70. Roberto Fracassini
  71. Ron Castro
  72. Rosa Perez Salas
  73. Speaker Joe T. San Agustin
  74. Vicente Cabrera Pangelinan
  75. Vince Reyes
  76. William L. Hernandez

Government and Economic Systems

  1. A 1974 Analysis of Social, Cultural and Historical Factors Bearing on the Political Status of Guam
  2. Challenge to CHamoru Self-determination: Davis v. Guam
  3. CHamoru Registry and the Decolonization Registry
  4. Chamoru Self-Determination
  5. Chamorro vs. Chamoru
  6. Commission on Decolonization
  7. Commission on Self-Determination
  8. Evolution of the Tourism Industry on Guam
  9. Fanohge Famalåo’an and Fan’tachu Fama’lauan
  10. Guam Commonwealth Act
  11. Guam Congressional Representation Act 1972
  12. Guam Constitutional Conventions (ConCon)
  13. Guam Law Library
  14. Guam Legislature
  15. Guam Military Build Up
  16. Guam’s Political Status
  17. Guam’s Strategic Value
  18. History of Efforts to Reunify the Mariana Islands
  19. Land Ownership on Guam
  20. Organic Act of Guam
  21. PASA Conference
  22. Political Status Commissions
  23. Republican Party of Guam
  24. Self-Determination for CHamorus and Hawai’ians
  25. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  26. United Nations Role in Guam’s Decolonization
  27. Update: Land Ownership on Guam

Health and Medicine

  1. CHamoru DNA Studies and the Origin of the CHamoru People
  2. Guam Memorial Hospital
  3. Guam Pattera Interviews
  4. Nursing Program, University of Guam
  5. Suicide in Micronesia
  6. US Naval Hospital, Guam 1962-Present

Language and Education

  1. Chamorro Orthography
  2. CHamoru Orthography Rules
  3. Fino’ Håya Project
  4. Kumision I Fino’ CHamoru/Chamorro Language Commission
  5. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC)
  6. Namesake School: JM Guerrero Elementary
  7. Namesake School: MU Lujan Elementary
  8. Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language

Migrations of People

  1. Carolinians on Guam
  2. Filipinos on Guam

Natural Resources

  1. Brown Treesnake
  2. Fanihi: Mariana Fruit Bat
  3. Geography of Guam
  4. Haggan: Green Sea Turtle
  5. Native Forest Birds of Guam
  6. Seagrasses Overview
  7. Seaweed: Enteromorpha
  8. Seaweed: Gracilaria
  9. Seaweeds Overview

Religion and Cultural Practices

  1. Ancestral Worship Today
  2. CHamoru Religious Music: Hymnals
  3. Dominican Sisters
  4. Guam Buddhism Society
  5. Jesuits: Society of Jesus
  6. Muslim Association of Guam
  7. Nobenan I Sagrada Familia
  8. Nobenan San Antonion Padua (Novena to Saint Anthony of Padua)
  9. Redemptoris Mater Seminary
  10. Santa Ana Chapel, Hågat
  11. Sisters of the Good Shepherd

Sports and Recreation

  1. Baseball: Guam Major League
  2. Baseball: History of the Sport on Guam
  3. Baseball: Youth League
  4. Running: History of the Sport on Guam
  5. Surfing: Early History on Guam

Transportation, Technology, and Communications

  1. Guam Recorder (1976, 1st issue)
  2. Guam Recorder (1977)
  3. Guam Recorder (1978)
  4. Guam Recorder (1979)

Villages, Places, Organizations, and Island Life

  1. Agana Heights (Tutuhan)
  2. Hågat
  3. American Pacific Nursing Leaders Council
  4. American Red Cross, Guam Chapter
  5. Asan-Maina (Assan-Ma’ina)
  6. Barrigada (Barigåda)
  7. Chalan Pago-Ordot (Chålan Pågu-Otdot)
  8. CHamoru Roots Genealogy Project
  9. Dededo (Dededu)
  10. Guam Animals in Need (GAIN)
  11. Guam Art Galleries
  12. Guam Fiesta Calendar
  13. Guam Humanities Council
  14. Guam Legal Services Corporation
  15. Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association
  16. Guam Nurses Association
  17. Guam Symphony Society
  18. Guam Women’s Club
  19. Hagåtña
  20. Hagåtña Heritage Walking Trail
  21. Inalåhan
  22. Latte of Freedom
  23. Mangilao
  24. Malesso’
  25. Mongmong-Toto-Maite (Mongmong-To’to-Maite’)
  26. Nasion Chamoru
  27. OPI-R: Organization of People for Indigenous Rights
  28. PARA-PADA
  29. Piti
  30. Sånta Rita-Sumai
  31. Sinajana (Sinahånña)
  32. Talo’fo’fo
  33. Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon (Tamuneng-Tomhom)
  34. Humåtak
  35. We Are Guåhan
  36. Yigo (Yigu)
  37. Yona (Yo’ña)
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