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The Chamorro people (/ tʃ ɑː ˈ m ɔːr oʊ, tʃ ə-/; [4] [5] also CHamoru [6]) are the Indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States territory of Guam and the encompassing Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia, a commonwealth of the US.
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. The present American rule of the island began with the 1898 Spanish–American War.
The Fena Massacre, also known as the Fena Cave Massacre, was an event where more than 30 Chamorro people were killed by Japanese soldiers during World War II. [1] The site is located at present-day Naval Base Guam’s Ordnance Annex in Sånta Rita-Sumai.
In addition to being United States nationals, people born in the Northern Mariana Islands are both citizens of the United States and citizens of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. [11] Citizenship is the relationship between the government and the governed, the rights and obligations that each owes the other, once one has become ...
Description: Catalog #: 09_01998 Title: Brigadier General Clarence S. ""Bill"" Irvine Special Collection Photo Guam Additional Information: Group of native men women and children in Guam during World War II, Brigadier General Clarence Irvine enjoyed a long distinguished military career, mainly involving engineering.
Laura Maud Thompson (January 23, 1905 ― January 28, 2000) was an American social anthropologist best known for her studies of CHamoru culture in Guam.She studied many cultures around the world, including many Native American nations, with the self-professed aim of "trying to build an integrated theory of human group behavior that was grounded in actual behavior and relied on rigorous methods ...
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Chaqui'an Massacre Site, at Chalan Emsley in Yigo on Guam, was the site of a massacre in 1944 by Japanese soldiers of 45 native Chamorro men. The men were from 15 to 76 years old, and were dressed in civilian clothes. They were tied and were beheaded.