Betel Nut: Cultural and Social Aspects
Betel nut, known to Chamorro as pugua, can be viewed as a rich marker of cultural and social practice.
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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, e-Publications, Featured, Historic Eras of Guam, Politics and Government, US Naval Era, US Naval Era: Politics
1901 Petition
Petition calls for a permanent government for Guam. The pursuit of self-government and protected civil rights through United States citizenship became a priority among many CHamorus in the first half of the 20th century. Guam leaders sought citizenship and self-government through formal democratic processes common in the US, but relatively new to CHamorus of the early 20th century who had just become subjects of the American empire in 1898.
Chamorro Culture, Chamorro Folktales, Featured, Guampedia Resources, Indigenous Lenses, Island Life, Multimedia, Our Heritage, People and Places, Value Systems, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life
Voices of Our Elders Media Files
Project Contributors. Toni “Malia” Ramirez, Antonia Degracia Castro, and Pale’ Eric Forbes, OFM Cap..
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Ancient Guam Era, Featured, Historic Eras of Guam, Interpretive Essays
Proa and Navigation
Regardless of where islands are situated throughout the vast Pacific, the physical environment—varying wind speed and direction, ocean currents, the visibility of stars, availability of birds, phosphorescence, seaweed, and other indicators of land—has played a central role in the ability of early voyagers to reach and settle thousands of islands in Oceania.
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Ancient Guam Era, Featured, Historic Eras of Guam
Latte
Latte (also latde) is a CHamoru term that refers to stone pillars and cup-shaped capitals or capstones, which represent house supports and are ascribed to the ancient people of the Mariana Islands. In some accounts, they are also referred to as casas de los antiguos (houses of the ancients).