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The history of Guam starts with the early arrival around 2000 BC of Austronesian people known today as the Chamorro Peoples. The Chamorus then developed a "pre-contact" society, that was colonized by the Spanish in the 17th century.
In 1980, he joined the Guam Legislature as a Public Relations Officer, and in 1982 took on the role of Chief of Staff for the Speaker of the Guam Legislature. [ 2 ] In 1987, Farrell moved to the island of Tinian where he worked as a high school teacher at Tinian High School and a Historical Consultant for the CNMI Public School System .
The Guampedia project was started in 2002 by the Guam Humanities Council with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the United States Department of the Interior. [1] [2] [3] It published 350 encyclopedia entries in April 2008. [1] In 2009, it became affiliated with the University of Guam and was registered as a non-profit ...
Guam has had three major eruptions in its history. On the southwest coast, the first eruption in the Middle Eocene produced the Fakpi Formation, still the largest formation, and laid the foundation of the island. A second eruption created the Alutom Formation, which is still the uppermost formation in the middle of the island.
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On December 23, 1898, Guam was placed under the administration of the United States Department of the Navy by President William McKinley for military protection and government. Between the American capture of Guam and installation of a Naval Governor in August 1899, there was a flux in governance of the island. [2]
University of Guam Press is a university press affiliated with the University of Guam, located in Mangilao, Guam. [1] Most of the publisher's releases focus on the "peoples and cultures of the Micronesian Islands". [2] The press also manages Proa Publications, the official publishing outlet of Northern Marianas College. [3]
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