CHamoru

plural CHamorus

1. alternativeAlternative form of Chamorro (ethnicity)

   Japan occupied Guahan from 1941 to 1944, after which, the United States reoccupied Guahan, seizing 42 percent of the landmass that displaced the CHamoru people.

   2012, “Sovereignty, Rights, and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples”, in Social Work Speaks: National Association of Social Workers Policy Statements, 2012-2014, 9th edition, Washington, DC: NASW Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 328, column 1

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   Traditional CHamoru Cultural Values Ancient CHamorus have been described as kind and peaceful people (Russell, 1998) who strove to live in harmony with the land, air, sea, and one another. CHamoru villages were comprised of the family unit, and sustained their livelihood through fishing, hunting, and trading with their neighbors. Modern-day CHamorus continue to have a deep sense of spirituality in which ancestral spirits, or taotao mo’na, are venerated and elders, or the manamko’, are held in high regard for their wisdom, life experience, and age. Modern-day CHamoru norms and values are referred to as kustumbren CHamoru.

   2013, LisaLinda Natividad, “CHamoru Values Guiding Nonviolence”, in Conflict Transformation: Essays on Methods of Nonviolence, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136

   Prutehi Litekyan says the Air Force failed to study how the proposed operation could contaminate an aquifer beneath the disposal site, violating the National Environmental Policy Act. The plaintiffs also say that the site sits on the ancestral land of Guam's CHamoru people, who continue to use the adjacent ocean for fishing.

   2022 January 26, Sebastien Malo, “Air Force sued over plan to recommence burning of waste munitions on Guam”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2022

1. alternativeAlternative form of Chamorro (language)

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   Origin of village name in CHamoru Barrigada comes from the CHamoru word meaning “flank” (the side of the stomach). The first written mention of the word “Barrigada” comes from Recollect Father Aniceto Ibanez del Carmen, who served on Guam for 40 years and in 1866, referred to people hunting deer in the region called “Barrigadan Tiyan.”

   2022 June 6, “Get to know Guam: Barrigada (Barigåda) village - Belly of the island”, in Stars and Stripes, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2022