NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO

Esta kana' bente años na taigue i Kumision i Fino' CHamoru. Ma'establesi gui' fine'nina gi 1964. Lao mas sen matungo' gui' gi duranten i 1990s', pi'ot annai ha ketulaika i dinilitreha para i palåbra "Chamorro" asta "Chamoru" pat "CHamoru." I yinaoyao put i dinilitreha muna'påra i che'cho'-ña i kumision. Maolek na i ma'pos na Liheslaturan Guåhan yan ma na'lå'la' gui' ta'lo gi lai. Lao ta li'e' kao diferentes i tano' på'go pat parerehu ha'? Kao para u ma'aksepta i kumunidåt i tinago'-ña yan i disision-ña i kumision, pat kao para u ma'embeste ta'lo? *********************** CHamoru Language Commission re-established by Manny Cruz The Guam Daily Post May 9, 2017 For the first time in nearly 20 years, the CHamoru Language Commission became a functioning body once more on Monday. The commission's first order of business: Establish an explic...

Recently some people started sharing some articles on Facebook from old websites that I used to run such as The Chamorro Information Activists and Minagahet Zine. When I went back to read over some of what they shared, I could feel waves of nostalgia washing over me. These were the days when I was first starting as an activist and working with others for the first time, organizing things and trying to develop our ideas. I cringe when I read some of it because my positions have changed or I have learned more about certain topics. I've decided to start up a new recurring post series on this blog called "Fanhokkayan" or "Collection." Since these websites are no longer active, no longer being actively updated, they sit there online, and are occasionally visited by students conducting research for their papers. I worry sometimes that at some point they will disappear and they provide an interesting snapshot of Chamorro issues at a particular moment in my life and...

2016 Inachá’igen Fino’ CHamoru Chamorro Language Competition March 8 and 9, 2016 University of Guam Theme/Tema: I Fino’ CHamoru: I Guinaha-ta, Iyo-ta yan Ta Fanána’i (The Chamorro Language: Our Abundance and Ours to Share with One Another) List of Winners I. Eskuelan Elementario/Elementary Schools A.     K-2 Dinilitreha/Spelling 1 st Place:         Nathan Galas, Ordot-Chalan Pa’go 2 nd Place:         Antonio Cruz, Mt. Carmel Catholic School 3 rd Place:         Elah Amaqui, Inarajan   B.     3-5 Dinilitreha/Spelling 1 st Place:        Marcy Buekea, J. Q. San Migel 2 nd Place:        Dylan Babauta, Wettengel 3 rd Place:        Ryne Rosario, J. M. Guerrero C.    ...