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Mai'es (Corn) The main staple of the Chamorro diet before the war In 1902, Juan Mesa, from the familian Dodo , owed José Cruz F...

Salomón Tenorio Garrido was the alguacil of Hagåtña in the early 1900s. The alguacil (Spanish title) was like a sheriff, court clerk ...

Cha'-mo tumattitiye i sihek yanggen chineflålågue hao. (Don't dare follow the sihek if it is whistling to you.) The sih...

If you pronounce those two surnames differently, chances are your pronunciation is greatly influenced by American English. In traditio...

This is a story with a moral, a lesson in right behavior. The moral of this story is : Be generous. God punishes the selfish and takes a...

WHALING SHIPS Geologists tell us that Guam does not sit on a dormant volcano, waiting for the next big eruption to explode. Nor is G...

GUMA' YOÅMTE IN YOÑA An important part of traditional Chamorro culture is being preserved and promoted through several "hou...

The seaman was dumped on a lonely Saipan beach,  probably to avoid Spanish authorities Having a sick crew member on a ship in th...

TAIPINGOT, LUTA As many of you may know, the Spanish depopulated all the Mariana Islands north of Luta (Rota), completing that by ar...

THE HOUSE OF TAGA IN 1818 Around eight years before this incident Sketch by Arago Ever since the Spaniards depopulated Tinian in...

Yanggen para hågo, siempre u fåtto. (If it's meant for you, it will surely come.) Don't work too hard for your dreams. ...

Maga' is an area in Mangilao, not far from the site of the University of Guam. This entire, huge area of central Guam, up to the n...

Asaina Yu'us Tåta, (Lord God and Father,) hågo muna' fan huyung todo i guaha. (you made all that exists.) Todo i ma susese...

KADA UN KÅNNO' I KEK, KÅNNO' I PÅN (Every time you eat the cake, eat the bread) A song that has been around for a long time...

INALÅHAN Chamorro hymn to Saint Joseph SAN JOSE LAO tai achaigua matunå-mo yan bittut-mo : (Saint Joseph your praises and ...