…A Journey with the Masters of Chamorro Tradition, 2000. Master Suruhåna Jose Santos and Mercedes Sayona Santos were en route home to Guam, when they had to stop in Yap…
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At Apugan Hill, overlooking Hagåtña Fort Santa Agueda, the only surviving Spanish fort in Hagåtña, sits atop Apugan Hill on the western coast of Guam. The fort, now commonly called…
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Domingo Medina de Santo Tomás Table of Contents Share This School rector and priest Colegio de San Juan de Letrán. Courtesy of the Guam Public Library System. Father Domingo Medina…
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…Her parents, Isidro Ramos and Cecilia Santos Yatar, had 10 children: Nora, Marcella, Luling, Gloria, Helen, Isidro, Vince, Charlene, Anthony and Maria. McDonald’s love for music was nurtured by her…
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Pedro Calungsod Table of Contents Share This Lay assistant to San Vitores Pedro Calungsod arrived in Guam 15 June 1668, along with Father Diego Luis de San Vitores and a…
Sandra Chung Author Sandra Chung is Distinguished Professor (emerita) in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she taught from 1986 until 2017. She is…
…coordinated rebellion began in Hagåtña. From Galicia, Spain, Quiroga was the nephew of Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga, Archbishop of Toledo, and second cousin to the Archbishop of Santiago, Chile and…
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…the name of a trail along the cliffline between Fort Santa Agueda (also known as Fort Apugan) and Government House. Population The US Census in 2010 listed Agana Heights population…
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…paper here. Dance to Unite All Chamorros Dance to Unite All Chamorros: As Uno Hit – We Are One By Sandy Flores Uslander The Chamorro culture that is practiced in…
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…because of Santos’s extraordinary talent and the dexterity with which he played the guitar. Santos is remembered for being able to play chords on the guitar while playing the melody…
