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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.
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Right to Self-Determination
This 1980s photo shows an educational campaign hosted by Guam-based organization OPI-R, which sought to inform CHamorus of their right to self-determination.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 4
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Countries By Date of UN Membership
This map shows when countries joined the United Nations. A major wave of new member states between the 1940s and 1980s reflects an era of global political decolonization, as former colonies gained independence and international recognition.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 4
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U.S. Secretary of State Meets with Micronesian Leaders
An August 2019 meeting with Micronesian leaders and the US. Left to Right: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, and Palau Vice President Raynold Oilouch.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 3
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Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
Members of the House in the Congress of Micronesia, which formed as Pacific Islanders pushed to end US control and determine their political futures.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 3
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Protest Against Military Firing Range
This video highlights a peaceful protest organized by group Prutehi Litekyan. People marched to the Governor of Guam’s office to urge political leaders to stop the US military from clearing land in Litekyan (Ritidian) to build a firing range.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 3
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US Military Land Holdings on Guåhan (Guam)
This map shows the US military’s land holdings in the island of Guam. Roughly 27 percent of the island has bases or other installations that are controlled by the US military. These land holdings are found throughout the island.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 3
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History Project
History Project was written and performed by Marshallese poet Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner at the Southbank Centre in London (2012). The poem tells the world of the destruction that colonialism and nuclear testing brought upon the people of the Marshall Islands.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 3
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Decolonize Oceania Banner
At the 2016 Festival of the Pacific Arts, held in Guam, twelve delegates from Guam revealed banners that read “Decolonize Oceania, Free Guahan” as a message and a reminder that parts of the Pacific are still under colonial rule.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 2
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Quest for Decolonization
This video highlights the Dos Mit (2,000) March held in Guam in September 2019. Over 2,000 people gathered at the Governor’s Complex to advocate changing the political status of Guam as an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 2
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Colonial History of Guam
This clip from the AJ+ Untold America series underscores how Guam’s status as an unincorporated territory of the US excludes its citizens from constitutional protection, despite technical categorization as US citizens.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 2
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Hawaiians Protest U.S. Annexation
In an 1897 article published in The San Francisco Call, journalist Miriam Michelson’s headline, “Strangling Hands Upon A Nation’s Throat,” sheds light on the thousands of Hawaiians who protested against the United States’ illegal annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 2
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Howland Island
This sign stands at Howland Island. Today, the island is left abandoned by the US. Similar signs can be found in Baker Island and Jarvis Island. Currently, these islands are overseen by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 2
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Map of US Territories
This map shows the fourteen territories currently controlled by the United States, most of which are located in the Pacific.
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Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 2
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Navigating Cultures
Islanders were world experts at navigating the ocean using the waves, stars, and other aspects of nature as their guide. There is an active push in the Pacific to ensure that the seafaring culture continues with future generations.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 1
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History of Decolonization
This video provides a brief history of decolonization since the founding of the United Nations in 1945.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 1
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Leaving Bikini Before Nuclear Testing
In 1946, prior to the first nuclear “test,” the people of Bikini left their home for what they believed to be temporary relocation, reassured by the US that they would be able to return after the testing.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 1
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We Are Not American
Native Hawaiian scholar and activist Haunani-Kay Trask (1949-2021) delivers a speech at ʻIolani Palace in 1993, marking 100 years since the US-backed overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 1
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Pua Case Speaks on Kapu Aloha
Pua Case (right) speaks on the meaning of Kapu Aloha as a guiding, transformational, and liberating force as she and other kiaʻi (protectors) defend the sacred Mauna Kea from further desecration in an expression of love and the sovereign.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 5
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Map of US Pacific Island Territories
This map shows many of the islands controlled by the United States, most of which were originally claimed under the 1856 Guano Islands Act as sites for resource extraction.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 1
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Angel Ånghet LG Santos Portrait
Activist and elected official Angel “Ånghet” LG Santos was sentenced to six months in federal prison for his activism. Ånghet not only fought for CHamoru rights in Guam, but also sought for human rights for all indigenous peoples to be respected.
Featured in:
Decolonization in the Pacific, Module 1
