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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.
31 paź 2023 · Due to Guåhan’s military “necessity” to the United States, many scholars agree that the lives and futures of the Indigenous CHamoru people and island residents have been largely in the hands of military and federal officials in Washington, D.C. and a pawn in the frontlines of war.
15 sie 2017 · It was 500 years ago, in 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan’s ships, weary and hungry, pulled up to this island, beginning 300 years of Spanish conquest. Nowadays most Americans, if they know of Guam...
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.
20 lis 2023 · Guam’s battle sites and museums showcase the historical significance of World War II, with key locations such as Tumon Bay, Gun Beach, Ypao Beach Park, and hidden coves and snorkeling spots.
After significant fighting in the Marianas in World War II, USA was entrusted the Northern Mariana Islands the same way Japan was. Of the thousands of Chamorro people in the world, the vast majority of them reside in Guam and some in the Marina Islands.
6 dni temu · Chamorro, indigenous people of Guam. The ancestors of the Chamorro are thought to have come to the Mariana Islands from insular Southeast Asia (Indonesia and the Philippines) about 1600 BCE. The disease and violence wrought by the Spanish reduced the Chamorro population to about 1,000 by 1820.
