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paleric: IT HAPPENED AT PITI
The wharf at Punta Piti Early 1900s What major, life-changing event in the history of Guam happened at Piti? Spanish rule over G...
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paleric: April 2022
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paleric: May 2020
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https://paleric.blogspot.com/2018/09/bill-of-sale-in-1902.html
paleric: BILL OF SALE IN 1902
A Bill of Sale at a Guam store in 1902 What did mama buy over a hundred years ago? "Stores" as we know them today did not exist in...
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paleric: I BRUHA
One rarely hears of witches in Chamorro folklore. It's all about taotaomo'na on Guam; birak in the Northern Marianas. But, in the old da...
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paleric: SINFUL COOKIES
A woman remembers perhaps her first sin. The year? 1938 or so. "I was around 4 years old and I saw my mother making the batter to ba...
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paleric: May 2022
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paleric: May 2021
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paleric: February 2024
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paleric: January 2015
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https://paleric.blogspot.com/2018/04/family-nicknames-talo.html
paleric: FAMILY NICKNAMES : TALO'
IGNACIO'N TALO' Ignacio Mendiola Cruz Talo ' in Chamorro means "middle." Gaige gi talo' . It's in the middle. So the family story...
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paleric: January 2026
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paleric: STREET NAMES - GOV. BRADLEY
Why is this street in Tamuning named after someone named Bradley? The Bradley named here is former Governor of Guam Willis Bradley, a ...
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paleric: August 2020
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https://paleric.blogspot.com/2016/08/chamorro-soldiers-in-1795.html
paleric: CHAMORRO SOLDIERS IN 1795
By 1795, we had then what we have now.....a new kind of Chamorro race based on the blood lines of those who lived here before European c...
palericchamorrosoldiers
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paleric: October 2020
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https://paleric.blogspot.com/2015/02/supplying-whalers.html
paleric: SUPPLYING THE WHALERS
Although the heyday of the whaling era was already over, some foreign merchants thought there was still money to be made on Guam supplyi...
palericsupplyingwhalers
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paleric: August 2019
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https://paleric.blogspot.com/2012/08/one-chamorro-whaler.html
paleric: ONE CHAMORRO WHALER
bbc.co.uk In the 1800s, many young Chamorro lads, even in their early teens, joined the whaling crews just as soon as they could to see ...
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paleric: CHAMORRO MEDICINE CONFERENCE
pic2fly.com From September 6-8, a conference will be held on Guam on Chamorro herbal medicine. Sponsored by the Haya Foundation, alon...
palericchamorromedicineconference
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paleric: October 2017
palericoctober
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2021/11/guam-during-prohibition.html
paleric: GUAM DURING PROHIBITION
THERE WAS ALWAYS TUBA AND AGI In 1919, the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution outlawed the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors...
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paleric: 2023
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paleric: 2022
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paleric: PRE-WAR CHARITY
Before the war, Bishop Olaiz organized the Saint Vincent de Paul Society for the relief of the very poor. All over the world, local cha...
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paleric: October 2025
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paleric: September 2024
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https://paleric.blogspot.com/2012/03/german-influences-in-luta.html
paleric: GERMAN INFLUENCES IN LUTA
Luta (Rota), like the rest of the Northern Marianas, was under German administration from 1899 till 1914, when the Japanese took it over in ...
palericgermaninfluencesluta
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paleric: October 2023
palericoctober
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2012/08/getting-our-orders-right.html
paleric: GETTING OUR ORDERS RIGHT
No, not in a restaurant. The history of the Marianas since 1668 is tightly bound with the history of the Catholic missionaries. These mis...
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https://paleric.blogspot.com/2013/07/man-eeyak-mamatinas-na-chamorro.html
paleric: MAN E'EYAK MAMA'TINAS NA' CHAMORRO
"Flirtacious Kitchen" A Chamorro language class at UOG turned to the fun and practical; cooking Chamorro food. The class divided ...
man epalericeyakmamatinas
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paleric: DYNAMITE CHICKEN
Chicken that packs a punch - probably with red chili pepper - can aptly be called Dynamite Chicken. But in 1907, Guam had a different ...
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paleric: November 2012
palericnovember
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paleric: December 2024
palericdecember
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2013/01/signs-in-russian-appearing-now-on-guam.html
paleric: THE FIRST RUSSIAN "TOURISTS"
SIGNS IN RUSSIAN APPEARING NOW ON GUAM That's ZOOPARK in the middle, written in the Cyrillic alphabet Guam is experiencing a welcom...
the firstpalericrussiantourists
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2012/06/familia-mesa.html
paleric: FAMILIA : MESA
apellidomeza.blogspot.com MESA "Mesa" in Spanish means "table." Two tables figure in the coat-of-arms above. There is more than on...
palericfamiliamesa
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paleric: February 2015
palericfebruary
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2012/08/ayuda-versus-ayudo.html
paleric: AYUDA - VERSUS - AYUDO
The slogan for one of Guam's social service agencies is trying to say, in Chamorro, HELP FOR THE COMMUNITY. They use the Chamorro word...
palericayudaversusayudo
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2017/04/
paleric: April 2017
palericapril
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2021/03/
paleric: March 2021
palericmarch
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2012/12/todays-chamorro-word-fache.html
paleric: TODAY'S CHAMORRO WORD : FACHE'
odditycentral.com FACHE' : mud Poddong gue' gi fache'. S/he fell into the mud. Bula fache'. A lot of mud. Kafache'. Covered w...
palerictodaychamorroword
https://paleric.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-chamorro-greek-passion.html
paleric: A CHAMORRO-GREEK PASSION
ISABEL GUERRERO VENEZIANO He was Greek, she was Greek-Chamorro. But their union was not meant to be. Athanasios Malis, a young Greek man i...
palericchamorrogreekpassion
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paleric: January 2012
palericjanuary
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paleric: BLOG STATS
OVER 3,000 HITS In appreciation for the over 3,000 hits on this blog, let's look at where you all come from : Guam 1596 USA 1122 Spain ...
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paleric: August 2011
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