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  The late Chamorro singer from Saipan, Frank "Bokonggo" Pangelinan For years I knew that the surname Pangelinan came from ...

US Marines on Guam 1899 Chamorros love to give nicknames to others, and sometimes even an American will get one. Before the war, an A...

Always nice to get a letter or card entirely written in Chamorro; a rarity nowadays.  Perhaps this can be instructional for some.  I...

You wear all your religious medals on one safety pin on the outside of your dress. Of course, many other countries, especially those...

Russian tourists have been flooding Saipan for some time now and are now becoming a common sight in Tumon. How does one say "Russ...

B å sta n å na de tum å nges sa' un na' lache karer å -ho; yan maolek- ñ a yo' gi langet ke i tano' na sag å -ho....

Potpot na lepblo! A thick book! Some of the Mendiolas in the Marianas are known as the Potpot family. Potpot means "thick....

Again, not all the ma ñ aina said this, but some people have told me they heard it growing up : An duru i ichan, maolek, sa' pin...

The other day I met up with some ma ñ aina , one of whom happened to grow up in Barrigada during the war.  My own family, who lived in H...

USS Goldstar Guam was not so isolated as one might think before World War II and even further back in time.  Under the American Navy adm...

P å le' Bernab é One of the pre-war Spanish Capuchin priests Nowadays, we call the cops if there is a family dispute bordering o...

Today, if you happen to be on Guam, you can head down to the Guam Fishermen's Coop next to Chamorro Village in Hagåtña to celebrate t...

   The RIOS families of the Marianas have a Spanish surname that means RIVERS. In fact, the family crest in Spain looks like this. You can ...

Being mostly Catholic, one would expect Chamorros would be OK with second cousins marrying, because the Church allows second cousins to m...

SAIPAN POST OFFICE IN GARAPAN 1930s People often don't realize what a "happening place" Saipan was before World War II.  ...