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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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Guam History and Heritage Day
In 2025, the San Diego City Council recognized March 3 as Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day. In this clip, Kylie Taitano shares the cultural importance of her sinahi, providing an example of the importance of history to the resilient CHamorus.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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Crowns Special Collection
Guåhan (Guam)-based clothing brand Crowns attends the CCF yearly and offers exclusive clothing only available at the festival. This Instagram reel from Crowns highlights the special San Diego collection releasing at the 2024 CCF.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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2015 CCF Flyer
Although programs and flyers for the CCF change in design from year to year, they consistently emphasize cultural celebration and connections to the Mariana Islands.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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Prugråman Sinipok Workshop
Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua encourages the CCF attendees in English and CHamoru to join his workshops that include language lessons, histories, and storytelling.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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CCF Attendees
CHamoru language is an important workshop and overall component of the CCF. Here, attendees are encouraged to complete a line to a famous CHamoru song in the CHamoru language.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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2019 CCF
The CCF brings together thousands of festival attendees as seen in this picture from 2019 at California State University San Marcos.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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2016 Festival of Pacific Arts
A member of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) delegation shares highlights of attending the first Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture hosted in Guåhan (Guam) (2016).
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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Pasifika Festival Attendees
Pasifika Festival attendees in Auckland, New Zealand explain how it feels to be part of the community festivities.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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“Pokarekare”
An excerpt of the first verse of The Iriarte Family singing the Māori song “Pokarekare” after representing Guåhan (Guam) at the 1976 Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 4
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CHamoru Weaving Workshops
Anthony “Tony” Mantanona (fourth from left), CHamoru weaver and cultural practitioner, brought weaving workshops to diasporic CHamoru communities in California and Washington to help them further connect to their roots.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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CHamoru Weaver Roquin-Jon Quichocho Siongco
CHamoru weaver Roquin-Jon Quichocho Siongco discusses the practice of blending both traditional techniques and modern materials with modern techniques and traditional materials in his work.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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CHamoru Weaver Lia Barcinas
In this clip, CHamoru weaver Lia Barcinas explores contemporary weaving using modern materials such as recycled plastics and discarded tarps during an artist residency with National History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM).
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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Tiningo’ si Sirena
Gisela Charfauros McDaniel’s painting Tiningo’ si Sirena, or “Knowledge of Sirena,” explores the impacts of US colonization on her mother’s life and what American control means for those in the Mariana Islands and in the diaspora.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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“Munga Yu’ Ma Fino Inglesi”
This song, “Munga Yu’ Ma Fino Inglesi,” or “Don’t Speak English to Me,” was written by Johnny Sablan upon returning home to Guam after attending college in California. His diasporic experience made him aware of the cultural loss CHamorus experienced post-World War II.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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“Amerikan Pau Asu”
Dåndan Mariånas is a project that aims to preserve and promote CHamoru music by making music accessible to CHamorus within and outside of the Mariana Islands. This clip of the 1985 song, “Amerikan Pau Asu,” by Candido Babauta Taman, reminds CHamorus in diaspora not to forget where they come from.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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“Låhi Amerikanu”
In “Låhi Amerikanu,” translated to English as “American Son,” Micah Manaitai sings about the struggles of finding a sense of belonging and feeling invisible as a CHamoru living in the US.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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“A Love Letter to the CHamoru People in the Twenty-first Century,” written and performed by Lehua M. Taitano
Lehua Taitano’s poem, “A Love Letter to the CHamoru People in the Twenty-first Century,” explores ideas of love, kinship, and solidarity. In this clip, Taitano uses the format of a letter to bridge connections between CHamorus in the home islands and those in the diaspora.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 3
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Sons and Daughters of Guam Club Proclamation
In September 2018, San Diego City Council presented a proclamation acknowledging the Sons and Daughters of Guam Club for upholding CHamoru culture. Upon receiving it, Josh Borja, the club’s Vice President, reflected on how the organization was “the original cultural center of San Diego.”
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 2
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Seal of the Sons and Daughters of Guam Club
The seal of the Sons and Daughters of Guam Club of San Diego, California with the island of Guåhan (Guam) and the state of California represented in the design.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 2
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Sons and Daughters of Guam Club Entrance
The entrance of San Diego’s Sons and Daughters of Guam Club with the flags of Guåhan (Guam), the Northern Mariana Islands, California, and the US on display.
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CHamoru Movement and Diasporic Communities, Module 2
