Historic Eras of Guam

Subcategories:

  • Spanish Era (93)
  • Ancient Guam Era (100)
  • Post WWII Era (48)
  • Contemporary Guam Era (106)
  • US Naval Era (91)
  • WWII/Japanese Era (19)
  • Guamanian Era (64)

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

    Site last updated February 20, 2012