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CHamoru Migration to the US
In 1898, at the twilight of the Spanish-American War, the US claimed Guam as a token of war. Though this event would bring an end to more than three centuries of Spanish colonial rule, it would also begin a new era in which the CHamoru people of the Mariana Islands would experience separation from one another.
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Guam’s American Colonial Era The taking of Guam by the Americans on June 20, 1898 during the Spanish American War heralded the beginning of significant change, once again, for the CHamoru people. The Americans brought not only a new style of governance with an emphasis on separation of church and state, but also imposed economic […]
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