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Entries

  1. Agad’na: Canoe Builders
  2. Ålas: Turtle Shell Ornaments
  3. Alu and Pang
  4. Ancient CHamoru Body Modification
  5. Ancient CHamoru Burial Practices
  6. Ancient CHamoru Burial Rituals
  7. Ancient CHamoru Calendar
  8. Ancient CHamoru Cultural Aspects of Fishing
  9. Ancient CHamoru Fish Weirs (Gigao)
  10. Ancient CHamoru Fishing Practices
  11. Ancient CHamoru Fishing Tools
  12. Ancient CHamoru Kinship and Land Tenure
  13. Ancient CHamoru Medicine Making
  14. Ancient CHamoru Pottery Usage
  15. Ancient CHamoru Settlement Patterns
  16. Ancient CHamoru Tool Making
  17. Ancient CHamoru Use of Human Bones
  18. Ancient CHamoru Use of Rice
  19. Animism
  20. Aniti: Spirit
  21. Babuen Kuresma: Lenten Boar
  22. Baotismo: Baptism
  23. Bela: Wake or Vigil
  24. Birth
  25. Burego’
  26. Burial Practices
  27. Chaife’s Lost Soul
  28. CHamoru Directional Terminology
  29. CHamoru Nicknames
  30. CHamoru Numbers
  31. CHamoru Proverbs
  32. CHamoru Seagrass Fishing Nets
  33. CHamoru Surnames
  34. CHamoru Women’s Legacy of Leadership
  35. CHamoru DNA Studies and the Origin of the CHamoru People
  36. CHamoru Sidereal Direction Terminology
  37. Chåmpada: Social Competition for Status
  38. Che’lu/Mañe’lu: Siblings
  39. Chenchule’: Social Reciprocity
  40. Criollo
  41. Dinague Laolao
  42. Discipline
  43. Division of Labor by Age, Class, Gender
  44. Dowry Presentation: Marriage Rituals
  45. Emmok: Revenge
  46. Familia
  47. Fiestas
  48. Fino’ Gualåfon: Moonlight Talk
  49. Fino’ Håya Project
  50. First Holy Communion and Confirmation
  51. Fouha Bay: Cradle of Creation
  52. Fumatinas Titiyas yan Fuma’gasi Magagu: Places of Romance
  53. Gadao yan Otro Pinenta Siha: Traditional Art
  54. Gadao’s Strength
  55. Geftao: Unselfishness
  56. Guinahan Famagu’on: Children’s Wealth
  57. Guma’ Uritao
  58. Hale’ta: CHamoru Cultural Traditions
  59. Health Consequences of Modern Diets on Guam
  60. Hilitai: Monitor Lizard
  61. Hima: Conserving a Cultural Heritage
  62. Hineksa’ Nina’i: Gift of Rice
  63. I Tinituhon
  64. Inafa’maolek: Striving for Harmony
  65. Indios
  66. Insulares
  67. Kantan Chamorita
  68. Karabao: Water Buffalo
  69. Ko’lao yan Fattoigue: Custom of Bringing a Gift of Food
  70. Kottot: Marriage Rituals
  71. Kulepbla: Snake
  72. Kumaire/Måle’
  73. Kumpaire/Pari’
  74. Låncho: Ranch
  75. Latte’s Significance
  76. Ma Uritao
  77. Ma’goddai: Strong Urge
  78. Maga’håga: Highest Ranking Daughter
  79. Maga’låhi: Highest Ranking Son
  80. Magutos i Finihu: Marriage Rituals
  81. Mamåhlao: Shame
  82. Mamaisen Saina: Marriage Rituals
  83. Mampolitiku: Politics
  84. Manåmko’
  85. Manachang
  86. Mangkalamya: Skilled Artisans
  87. Manila Galleon Trade Route-La Nao de China: A Legacy in the Marianas
  88. Manma’gas: Leaders
  89. Mannakhilo’ and Mannakpåpa’
  90. Marriage Traditions
  91. Matå’pang: Evolution of the Term
  92. Matao and Acha’ot
  93. Matatnga: Fearless
  94. Matrimony and Social Change in the Marianas during Spanish Times
  95. Men’s Roles
  96. Mestizo (Mestisu)
  97. Mo’na: Circular Concept of History
  98. Mother’s Brothers
  99. Mulatos and Negros
  100. Mythological Depictions of Men
  101. Mythological Depictions of Women
  102. Natural
  103. Nginge’: Showing Respect
  104. Nina/Ninu
  105. Ninana: Motherhood
  106. Niyok: Coconut
  107. Nobena: Novena (Catholic Devotional Prayers)
  108. Nobenan I Sagrada Familia
  109. Nobenan San Antonion Padua (Novena to Saint Anthony of Padua)
  110. Origin of CHamoru as an Ethnic Identifier
  111. Passion for Pugua
  112. Pattida: Dividing Family Land Among Children
  113. Peninsulares
  114. Perspective: Guam Women in Art
  115. Perspective: Women and Religion in CHamoru Society
  116. Perspective: Women in Guam History: A Critical Reflection
  117. Perspective: Women in Politics
  118. Physical Anthropology of Ancient Guam and the Mariana Islands
  119. Poksai: Informal Adoption
  120. Pre-Historic Pottery of Guam
  121. Prebirth
  122. Pumeska: Hunters on Land and Sea
  123. Puntan and Fu’una: Gods of Creation
  124. Puntan Dos Amantes
  125. Puntan Påtgon
  126. Saina: Elders
  127. Saina: Gender Roles
  128. Sirena
  129. Slingstones: Weapons
  130. Social Classes in Traditional CHamoru Society
  131. Sottera/Sotteru: Teenagers
  132. Suruhånu yan Amot: Healers and Medicine
  133. Taotaomo’na
  134. Techa: Traditional Prayer Leader
  135. The Matao Iron Trade Part 1: Contact and Commerce
  136. The Matao Iron Trade Part 2: Galleon Trading and Repatriation
  137. The Matao Iron Trade Part 3: Appropriation and Entanglement
  138. The Young Maidens That Saved Guam
  139. Umayute’: Divorce
  140. Uritao: Bachelor
  141. Utak: Itak
  142. Voices of Our Elders Media Files
  143. Warfare
  144. Women’s Roles

Biographies

  1. Agualin
  2. Angela Santos Palacios, Master Suruhåna
  3. Fo’na
  4. Genaro Saralu, Master Åmti Espirituat
  5. Hineti
  6. Hurao
  7. Josefa Cruz Certeza, Master Suruhåna
  8. Juan Cepeda, Master Suruhånu
  9. Kepuha: Quipuha
  10. Laura Maud Thompson
  11. Matå’pang: Matapang
  12. Regina Mafnas and Jesus Salas Terlaje, Master Suruhåna and Suruhånu
  13. Santa Marian Kamalen
  14. Taga
  15. Tolahi
  16. Yula