Historic Eras of Guam

Subcategories:

  • Spanish Era (95)
  • Ancient Guam Era (101)
  • Post WWII Era (49)
  • Contemporary Guam Era (108)
  • US Naval Era (92)
  • WWII/Japanese Era (20)
  • Guamanian Era (66)

    • Entries:

    1. 1823 Guam Vital Statistics Report
    2. Acculturation in the Spanish Era
    3. Adoption of “Guamanian”
    4. Adventurer: Oliver van Noort
    5. Adventurer: William “Bully” Hayes
    6. Adventurer: William Dampier
    7. Adventurer: Woodes Rogers
    8. Adventurers: Beachcombers
    9. Adventurers: John Clipperton and George Shelvocke
    10. Adventurers: John Eaton and William Cowley
    11. Adventurers: Pirates on Guam
    12. Agad’na: Canoe Builders
    13. Agana Heights
    14. Agat (Hågat)
    15. Agualin
    16. Agueda Iglesias Johnston
    17. Ålas: Turtle Shell Ornaments
    18. Ambrosio Torres Shimizu
    19. American Pacific Nursing Leaders Council
    20. American Red Cross, Guam Chapter
    21. American-Style Colonialism
    22. Americans Bring Upheaval in Religious Practices
    23. An Attempted German Mission
    24. Ancestral Worship Today
    25. Ancient Chamorro Agricultural Practices
    26. Ancient Chamorro Body Modification
    27. Ancient Chamorro Burial Practices
    28. Ancient Chamorro Burial Rituals
    29. Ancient Chamorro Cave Art
    30. Ancient Chamorro Concepts of Beauty
    31. Ancient Chamorro Cultural Aspects of Fishing
    32. Ancient Chamorro Era Gallery
    33. Ancient Chamorro Fish Weirs (Gigao)
    34. Ancient Chamorro Fishing Practices
    35. Ancient Chamorro Fishing Tools
    36. Ancient Chamorro Food and Diet
    37. Ancient Chamorro Jewelry: Manmade Accessories and Body Coverings
    38. Ancient Chamorro Kinship and Land Tenure
    39. Ancient Chamorro Medicine Making
    40. Ancient Chamorro Pottery Usage
    41. Ancient Chamorro Pottery: Early Calcareous Ware
    42. Ancient Chamorro Settlement Patterns
    43. Ancient Chamorro Tool Making
    44. Ancient Chamorro Use of Human Bones
    45. Ancient Chamorro Use of Rice
    46. Ancient Chamorro Warfare
    47. Ancient Guam’s Environment
    48. Ancient Village: Pågat
    49. Ancient Village: Pago
    50. Ancient Village: Ritidian (Litekyan)
    51. Ancient Village: Tarague
    52. Andrés Blázquez
    53. Andres de Urdaneta
    54. Aniti: Spirit
    55. Anthony A. Leon Guerrero
    56. Antonio C. Yamashita
    57. Apra Harbor
    58. Asan-Maina (Assan-Ma’ina)
    59. Augustinian Recollects
    60. Baha’i Faith
    61. Band Ensembles
    62. Banking
    63. Baotismo: Baptism
    64. Barrigada
    65. Bartola Garrido
    66. Baseball: Guam Major League
    67. Baseball: History of the Sport on Guam
    68. Baseball: Youth League
    69. Bautista Brothers
    70. Beatrice Perez Emsley
    71. Bela: Wake or Vigil
    72. Belembaotuyan
    73. Bill Muna
    74. Birth
    75. Bishop Agustín José Bernaus
    76. Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner
    77. Bishop Francisco Javier Vilá
    78. Bishop Joaquin Olaiz
    79. Bishop Miguel Angel Urteaga Olano
    80. Blacksmithing
    81. Brown Treesnake
    82. Burial Practices
    83. Canoe Building
    84. Captain Henry Glass
    85. Capuchins
    86. Carlos C. Laguana
    87. Carlos Pangelinan Taitano
    88. Carlos T. Laguana
    89. Carmelite Nuns
    90. Carolinians on Guam
    91. Carving
    92. Ceramics
    93. Chalan Pago-Ordot
    94. Chamorro Ancestor Worship
    95. Chamorro Dance
    96. Chamorro Jewelry
    97. Chamorro Migration to the US
    98. Chamorro Music
    99. Chamorro Numbers
    100. Chamorro Orthography
    101. Chamorro Orthography Rules
    102. Chamorro Roots Genealogy Project
    103. Chamorro vs. Chamoru
    104. Chamorro World View
    105. Changes in Construction Styles
    106. Chant
    107. Chenchule’: Social Reciprocity
    108. Chester Carl Butler
    109. Ciriaco de Espiritu Santo
    110. Colegio de San Juan de Letrán
    111. Communications and Transportation Advancements
    112. Concepcion Cruz Barrett
    113. Congressman Antonio B. Won Pat
    114. Congressman Vicente “Ben” Garrido Blaz
    115. Contemporary Guam Gallery
    116. Contemporary Guam: Guam Law Library
    117. Contemporary Guam: Guam Legal Services Corporation
    118. Contemporary Tattoo
    119. Contents of a Latte Village
    120. Crime and Punishment
    121. Cultural Aspects of Ancient Chamorro Warfare
    122. Cushing Family
    123. de Silleria
    124. Dededo (Dedidu)
    125. Democratic Party of Guam
    126. Division of Labor by Age, Class, Gender
    127. Domingo Medina de Santo Tomás
    128. Dominican Sisters
    129. Dr. Ramon Manalisay Sablan
    130. Earl Edward Kloppenburg
    131. Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis
    132. Early American Economic History
    133. Early American Period has Profound Implications
    134. Early European Observations of Chamorros
    135. Eduardo “Jake” Calvo
    136. Education After WWII
    137. Education during the US Naval Era
    138. Educational Institutions
    139. Elizabeth Perez Arriola
    140. Emmok: Revenge
    141. Envisioning the Past: Near Extinction
    142. Episcopal Church
    143. Escuela de Niñas
    144. European Colonization’s Impact on Trade in Micronesia
    145. Evolution of the Tourism Industry on Guam
    146. Expulsion of the Augustinian Recollects
    147. Faith Presbyterian Christian Reformed Church
    148. Familia
    149. Fanihi: Mariana Fruit Bat
    150. Father Aniceto Ibáñez del Carmen
    151. Father Diego Luis de San Vitores
    152. Father Jesus Baza Duenas
    153. Father Luís de Medina
    154. Father Marcian Pellet
    155. Father Roman de Vera
    156. Ferdinand Magellan
    157. Filipino Migration to Guam 1945 – 1975
    158. Filipinos on Guam
    159. Filmmaking
    160. Financial Support of Education
    161. First Pan American Flights
    162. Folktale: Chaife’s Lost Soul
    163. Folktale: How the Young Maidens Saved Guam
    164. Folktale: Puntan and Fu’una: Gods of Creation
    165. Folktale: Sirena
    166. Fort San Jose
    167. Fort San Luis
    168. Fort Santa Agueda
    169. Fort Santiago
    170. Fort Santo Angel
    171. Fort Soledad
    172. Fouha Bay: Cradle of Creation
    173. Franciscan Sisters
    174. Francisco B. Leon Guerrero
    175. Francisco G. Franquez
    176. Frank D. Perez
    177. Fray Antonio de Los Ángeles
    178. Fray Francisco Resano
    179. Fray Juan Pobre de Zamora
    180. Galleon: Concepción
    181. Galleon: San Pablo
    182. Galleon: Trinidad
    183. Galleon: Victoria
    184. General Order No. 12
    185. Geography of Guam
    186. George Tweed
    187. Gertrude Costenoble Hornbostel
    188. Governor Carlos Camacho
    189. Governor Henry Larsen
    190. Governor Joseph Flores
    191. Governor Manuel Muro
    192. Governor Paul Calvo
    193. Governor Ricardo J. Bordallo
    194. Governor Willis W. Bradley
    195. Graphic Arts
    196. Guam and Its Three Empires
    197. Guam Animals in Need (GAIN)
    198. Guam Art Galleries
    199. Guam Buddhism Society
    200. Guam Congress Walkout
    201. Guam Humanities Council
    202. Guam Hymn / Fanohge Chamorro
    203. Guam Leaders from 1899-1904
    204. Guam Legislature
    205. Guam Memorial Hospital
    206. Guam Military Build Up
    207. Guam Nurses Association
    208. Guam Pattera (Nurse Midwives)
    209. Guam Pattera: Changing Birth Practices (1950-1960)
    210. Guam Symphony Society
    211. Guam Women’s Club
    212. Guam World War II War Claims: A Legislative History
    213. Guam’s Early American Historical Overview
    214. Guam’s Political Status
    215. Guam’s Role in World War I
    216. Guam’s Strategic Value
    217. Guamanian Era Gallery
    218. Guinahan Famagu’on: Children’s Wealth
    219. Guma’ Uritao
    220. Hagåtña
    221. Haggan: Green Sea Turtle
    222. Hale’ta: Chamorro Cultural Traditions
    223. Health Services
    224. Health Services During WWII
    225. Hineti
    226. History of Democracy on Guam
    227. Hollow Block Cement Homes
    228. Hospitals
    229. Hurao
    230. Ignacia Bordallo Butler
    231. Impact of Japanese Military Occupation of Guam
    232. Inafa’maolek: Striving for Harmony
    233. Inarajan (Inalahan)
    234. Influential Governors in Education
    235. Institute of Ethnic Affairs
    236. Japanese Military Administration of Guam
    237. Japanese Occupation of Guam
    238. Jazz
    239. Jehovah’s Witnesses
    240. Jesuit Administration of the Marianas
    241. Jesuits: Society of Jesus
    242. Jesus Sablan Leon Guerrero
    243. Joaquin “Ding” Palomo
    244. Jose Gumabon, Sr.
    245. Jose Leon Guerrero Untalan
    246. Josef Martinez Ada
    247. Joseph “JD Crutch” Duenas
    248. Joseph Charles Murphy
    249. Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville
    250. Kaiser Pre-Fab Homes
    251. Kantan Chamorita
    252. Karabao: Water Buffalo
    253. Kepuha: Quipuha
    254. Ko’lao yan Fattoigue: Custom of Bringing a Gift of Food
    255. Kumaire/Måle’
    256. Kumision I Fino’ Chamorro/Chamorro Language Commission
    257. Kumpaire/Pari’
    258. Language Policies
    259. Latte
    260. Latte of Freedom
    261. Latte Structures
    262. Latte’s Significance
    263. Laura Thompson
    264. Leprosy – Hospitals and Colonies
    265. Leprosy – Insular Patrol
    266. Leprosy – Local Reaction
    267. Louie Gombar
    268. Louis Claude de Freycinet
    269. Luís de Torres
    270. Lujan House
    271. Lutheran Church of Guam
    272. Ma Uritao
    273. Maga’håga: Highest Ranking Daughter
    274. Maga’låhi: Highest Ranking Son
    275. Mampolitiku: Politics
    276. Mampostería
    277. Man’amko
    278. Mangilao
    279. Mangkalamya: Skilled Artisans
    280. Manma’gas: Leaders
    281. Manuel de San Juan Bautista
    282. Mapping the Pacific
    283. Maria Arceo Ulloa
    284. Maria Palomo Ada
    285. Marriage Traditions
    286. Matå’pang: Matapang
    287. Matatnga: Fearless
    288. Matrimony and Social Change in the Marianas during Spanish Times
    289. Medical and Dental Practitioners
    290. Mercedarian Sisters
    291. Merizo (Malesso’)
    292. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC)
    293. Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart
    294. Mongmong-Toto-Maite (Mongmong-To’to-Maite’)
    295. Mormon Church of Guam
    296. Muslim Association of Guam
    297. Namesake School: B.P. Carbullido Elementary
    298. Namesake School: C.L. Taitano Elementary
    299. Namesake School: J.M. Guerrero Elementary
    300. Namesake School: L.P. Untalan Middle
    301. Namesake School: M.U. Lujan Elementary
    302. Namesake School: P.C. Lujan Elementary
    303. Namesake School: V.S.A. Benavente Middle
    304. Native Forest Birds of Guam
    305. Natural
    306. Naval Era Gallery
    307. Naval Executive Orders
    308. Newspapers
    309. Nieves M. Flores
    310. Nina/Ninu
    311. Niyok: Coconut
    312. Nobena: Novena (Catholic Devotional Prayers)
    313. Nobenan I Niño Jesus-Novena to the Christ Child
    314. Norbert Tydingco
    315. Notre Dame High School
    316. Nursing Program, University of Guam
    317. Nursing Schools: 1945-1952
    318. On The Question of Tattoo by Ancestral Chamorros
    319. Origin of Chamorro as an Ethnic Identifier
    320. Origin of Guam’s Indigenous People
    321. Origin of the Chamorro Protestant Congregation on Guam
    322. Other Noted Rectors
    323. Padre Jose Bernardo Palomo
    324. Painting
    325. Partition of the Marianas
    326. Patrick Palomo
    327. Patti Lane
    328. Pedro Calungsod
    329. Pedro Martinez Ada
    330. Pedro Pangelinan Martinez
    331. Pedro Sanchez Pericón
    332. Peninsulares
    333. Photography
    334. Piti (Piti)
    335. Poetry/Spoken Word
    336. Poksai: Informal Adoption
    337. Pole and Thatched Homes
    338. Port of Guam
    339. Post War Era Gallery
    340. Postal History of Guam
    341. Pre-Historic Pottery of Guam
    342. Prebirth
    343. Printmaking
    344. Private Schooling During the US Naval Era
    345. Proa and Navigation
    346. Pumeska: Hunters on Land and Sea
    347. Quonset Huts
    348. Redemptoris Mater Seminary
    349. Religious Life during the Japanese Occupation
    350. Republican Party of Guam
    351. Resettlement Patterns under American Rule
    352. Robert O’Brien: US Prisoner of War
    353. Roberto Fracassini
    354. Runner Profile: Fred Schumann
    355. Running: History of the Sport on Guam
    356. Saina: Elders
    357. Saina: Gender Roles
    358. Santa Rita
    359. School for Nurses
    360. School Sisters of Notre Dame
    361. Seagrasses Overview
    362. Seaweed: Enteromorpha
    363. Seaweed: Gracilaria
    364. Seaweeds Overview
    365. Self-Determination for Chamorros and Hawai`ians
    366. Seventh-day Adventists
    367. Sinajana
    368. Sisters of Mercy
    369. Sisters of the Good Shepherd
    370. Slingstones
    371. Slingstones: Weapons
    372. Spanish Coinage in Guam
    373. Spanish Era Gallery
    374. Spanish Forts of Guam Overview
    375. Spanish Response to Chamorro Depopulation
    376. Spanish-American War
    377. Stigmatines
    378. Suicide in Micronesia
    379. Sumay
    380. Surfing: Early History on Guam
    381. Suruhånu yan Amot: Healers and Medicine
    382. Talofofo (Talo’fo’fo)
    383. Tamuning
    384. Taotaomo’na
    385. Techa: Traditional Prayer Leader
    386. Territorial Party of Guam
    387. The Matao Iron Trade Part 2: Galleon Trading and Repatriation
    388. The Matao Iron Trade Part 3: Appropriation and Entanglement
    389. The Matao Iron Trade Part I: Contact and Commerce
    390. Theater
    391. Tolahi
    392. Transmission of Christianity into Chamorro Culture
    393. Transpacific Telecommunications
    394. Treaty of Tordesillas
    395. Treaty of Zaragoza
    396. Trepang Trade
    397. Umatac (Humåtak)
    398. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    399. Uritao: Bachelor
    400. US Naval Era: Development of the Code of Guam
    401. US Naval Era: Island Court System
    402. US Naval Era: Judges and Island Attorneys
    403. US Naval Hospital 1899-1941
    404. US Naval Hospital, Guam 1962-Present
    405. US Navy War Crimes Trials on Guam
    406. War Atrocities: Fena Massacre
    407. War Atrocities: Manenggon Concentration Camp
    408. War Atrocities: Other Atrocities
    409. War Atrocities: Tinta and Faha Cave Massacres
    410. Warfare
    411. Weaving
    412. Whaling Influence in the Marianas
    413. William Safford
    414. Wood and Tin Houses
    415. WWII-Japanese Era Gallery
    416. WWII: From Occupation to Liberation
    417. Yigo
    418. Yona (Yo’ ña)
    419. Young Men’s League of Guam (YMLG)
    420. Yula

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