http://hasso.uog.edu:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.11751/1 This is a digital depository for RFK collections. 2026-04-20T12:00:10Z http://hasso.uog.edu:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.11751/229 Title: PAKAKA I PACHOT-MU! CHAMORU YU’!: A MESTISA RHETORIC ANALYSIS OF GUAM’S CHAMAOLE NARRATIVES Authors: Lowe, Arielle Taitano Abstract: In my project, I investigate identity formations of a specific Mestisa/Mestisu group from Guam, locally known as Chamaole. Chamaoles are defined locally as individuals who are descendants of both native Chamorros and White Americans, and have been identified as one or the other in various social contexts. This research analyzes Chamaole individuals' encounters with identity ambiguity in Guam and the United States. This research deconstructs the various identity formations described in the published poetry of three Chamaole authors from Guam: Jessica Perez-Jackson's "Half Caste," excerpts from Lehua Taitano's A Bell Made of Stones, and Corey Santos' "Chamaoli." Works by these poets primarily document cultural, ancestral, racial, linguistic, and political ambiguities. In addition to conducting a literary analysis of their poems, multiple interviews conducted with the poets over several weeks provide additional data. My reflections on Chamaole identity are included in the study, documenting changes in my understanding of Chamaole identity throughout the stages of the research process. This study draws evidence from layered accounts of poetry, oral narratives, and autobiographical commentary. Interpreting data from layered accounts, this study analyzes strategies that Chamaoles use to navigate and overcome encounters with prejudice and aggression. This study of Chamaole identity formations contributes to both Chamorro Studies and Critical Mixed Race Studies scholarship. Because this project focuses on Chamaole participants from Guam ages 20-40, future research may include intergenerational studies, incorporation of participants from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and additional Mestisa/Mestisu Chamorro groups. 2019-12-16T00:00:00Z http://hasso.uog.edu:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.11751/228 Title: Umespipiha i Fino’ CHamoru Among non-fluent Young CHamorus on Guåhan: Exploring language revitalization, ethnolinguistic identity, indigeneity and CHamoru activism amongst non-fluent CHamoru Millennials and Generation Z Authors: Leon Guerrero, Edward Abstract: CHamoru identity is shaped, negotiated, and contested by political, economic, ideological, socio-cultural and historical forces, which has led to a weakened CHamoru ethnolinguistic identity and a language shift towards English. For CHamoru Millennials and Generation Z that lacks a strong ethnolinguistic identity, what the language means for their CHamoru identity is not entirely clear as there has not been a comprehensive study on their conceptualization of CHamoru identity. By analyzing how young CHamorus articulate their CHamoru identity in relation to the CHamoru language, we can understand the processes of CHamoru identity re-articulation and the political, economic, ideological, socio-cultural and historical forces that guided and actively shape the boundaries of the ethnolinguistic identity among CHamoru Millennials and Generation Z, which may provide relevant information for CHamoru language advocates, policy-makers, and teachers. A literature review on the construction of CHamoru identity, indigeneity, language revitalization as well as interviews with fourteen young CHamorus and analysis of CHamoru language usage on social media informs the thesis. The results map out the relationships among the concepts of language and identity to understand the processes of CHamoru identity rearticulation in relation to the language by laying out the various motivating and inhibiting variables that actively influence language learning. The thesis makes recommendations on how to move forward with CHamoru language revitalization. 2020-05-19T00:00:00Z http://hasso.uog.edu:8080/jspui/handle/20.500.11751/227 Title: ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES TO FOOD INSECURITY WITHIN THE CHUUKESE COMMUNITY OF GUAM Authors: Jugo, Hanna Abstract: Food insecurity is a well-researched phenomenon that not only describes the reduced quality, variety, and desirability of dietary decisions, but also the accessibility of nutritional foods, the duration of food shortage, and the acquisition of foods in socially acceptable ways. While the nutritional impacts of food insecurity have been researched in Guam, the adaptive strategies of food insecure communities, such as the Guam’s Chuukese community, have yet to be explored. This study explored the adaptive strategies utilized within members of the Chuukese community of Guam, as well as the adaptive strategies traditionally utilized in Chuuk. Recommendations on how identified adaptive strategies can be of use to education and support programs were also identified. The USDA U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module identified the primary food preparers within insecure households within the Chuukese community. From those identified, nine participants were interviewed using basic interpretive and constant comparative qualitative methodology with prepared open-ended interview guides. Interviews were coded in Atlas.ti, and thematic categories were formed through an iterative process with multiple rounds of investigative triangulation. Emergent themes revealed by participants identified adaptive strategies that highlighted the differences between Chuuk’s traditional subsistence agriculture economy, which emphasized familial and communal networks, and the personal impact of living in Guam’s current cash economy. Participants navigated such obstacles to food security by enacting strategies that (1) optimized resources outside the household, such as foraging, gathering and fishing (where possible), gifting and sharing, food banks, and government assistance; (2) lowered food costs in response to the cash economy; (3) performed entrepreneurship for supplemental income; and (4) managed food supply with previously acquired resources. Due to the repeated emphasis on subsistence culture and the strain of a western cash economy, these findings indicate that the food security of the Chuukese community would be improved by targeted urban agricultural and agroforestry practices. 2020-05-19T00:00:00Z