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Veteran honored by those he freed; Chamorros praise Guam's ...
About a dozen metro-east Chamorro people who have roots in Guam gathered Tuesday night to honor World War II veteran Otto Wehmeyer and show their appreciation to the 87-year-old Belleville man who helped liberate their people from the ...

NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO: Smart Defense
This blog is dedicated to Chamorro issues, the use and revitalization of the Chamoru language and the decolonization of Guam. This also blog aims to inform people around the world about the history, culture and language and struggles of ...

Lawmakers pass indigenous fishing rights bill
Judi Guthertz, said the bill attempts to “right the wrongs” forced on the Chamorro people since the Spanish period, which continues today under the US government's imposing of fishing restrictions to indigenous Chamorros. ...

Five Hundred Forty-Eight
Our huge dossier landed in Haiti 548 days ago. Here is a picture of the gal at the UPS Store weighing it. See how amused she looks? I think it's because my huge UPS bills gave her store the revenue boost needed to earn her the free trip ...

The Smell of Home
Every Sunday we eat an early dinner, take early baths and settle in as a family for Funniest Home Videos before putting the children down for an early bedtime. And every Sunday, the Mister makes from scratch, by hand, two loaves of ...

Five Frozen Chamorros: Hurricane Paloma is ready to strike
Five Frozen Chamorros. A Chamorro family in the frigid Midwest? Who would have thought! Join us for the tales of our American/Guamanian family living right here in the Heart of Frozen Tundra! ...

Q & A with The Mister
The Mister has developed quite a cult following, due to our 5FC blog, and his fan mail is arriving in record numbers. In addition to requests for autographed photos or locks of his hair, we often receive questions from his curious ...

Americans on Guam - Dealing with Second Class Citizenship ...
According to my research, the Secretary of Interior Harold Krug visited Guam in February 1947 to determine if the Chamorros were truly ready to be U.S. citizens and to be self-governed. His report to Congress was positive and the ...

chamorros deserve native american benefits
as a longstanding supporter of chamorro rights and self-determination, i introduced, along with senators bj cruz and rory respicio, resolution no. 191. the resolution urges guam delegate madeline z. bordallo to request the us congress ...

Ye Olde Poetic Justice
Paloma is our sneaky child. She will try her darnedest to get away with outrageous acts of mischief right under our own noses. But she's 3. So she's not very good at it yet. The other day, 'lil Miss Sneaky stealthily snuck into her big ...