This video brought a big smile to my heart. It is this point exactly that is so easily identified with the long practiced custom of asking when first encountering a Chamoru; what is your family name, what branch, what village are you or your grand parents/great-grand parents from. Being able to trace ones genealogy back to ancestors and the land they came from is so valuable. Although many of us now live all over the globe, this ability and information can and does unite us as Taotao Tano beyond our island shores. Si Yu'us Ma'ase!
Thank you, Si Yu'os ma'ase, for your comment! I absolutely agree with what you pointed out. Your family name, branch, village, and other genealogy are the customary identifiers for CHamoru! Happy the video was able to reach you and hopefully other CHamorus around the globe may benefit from it! Biba taotao tano'!
Hey, admin. Can u please make video about Austronesians in Japan and their legacy in there? In the ancient Japan, some Austronesians sailed to Ryukyu and Kyuushu, they were called by Japanese historians as Kumaso, Azumi, and Hayato. Maybe this is why people from Southern Japan such as Kyuushuans and Okinawans look like Southeast Asians or Pacific Islanders. The Hayatos were known as Austronesian tribes in Kyuushu whose ancestors migrated from Taiwan. They fought against Yamato dynasty but failed and now being assimiliated into Japanese society through intermarriage with the Yamatos
Thank you for the comment. I unfortunately don't know enough about the Austronesians in Japan. You seem to know a lot more than me about it. Why don't you try making a video on it!
@@seankellepesquisa0524 Let's Make Oceania Native Again. Australia, America, Canada, South America...these are stolen lands. Let's make them Native Again.
Although yes Spaniards colonized that area, the only Spaniards there were actually priest, the rest were Mexicans of various racial background from white, mestizo and native americans. The "Spanish" influence in chamorus is actually Mexican and you can see that influence in the cuisine. Spaniards hardly ever mixed with the Asian colonized lands, look at the Philippines, less than 5% of its population has Spanish ancestry and when they have it, its less than 10%. But Spaniards used Mexicans and send them to the Philippines, they influenced the culture in the Philippines. Spain didn't see the Asian nations as how they saw the Americas, that is why they never bothered to mix with them or bring a large Spanish migration into Guam and the Philippines, they used Mexicans and Guam like the Philippines were being managed via New Spain (now Mexico).
"Spain didn't see the Asian nations as how they saw the Americas, that is why they never bothered to mix with them or bring a large Spanish migration into Guam and the Philippines..." First, they have to sail around the world to get to Philippines and Guam - tyranny of distance. We have to consider the Treaty of Tordisillas that divided the globe between Spanish and Portuguese possession. It is the reason why Manila was crucial to Spanish empire's global commercial pursuits - they don't want to bother the Portuguese-controlled part of the world where they have a monopoly on those trading ports along the straits of malacca, Canton (now Macau) and Nagasaki in Japan. Second, if you are from Spain, why bother go that far if you can just sail across Atlantic with less risks involved to settle in new lands?
@@carlosm.3426 They maybe a small percentage but Spanish people other than priests from Spain did settle, start business and intermarry with Philippine locals. There is a well known area that has completely Spanish architecture vastly different than anything Philippine at the time. They have their own different culture and language.
the Polynesian Moriori people of NZs Chattam islands ( Rekohu ) were said to have become extinct in 1933 when the last full blooded Moriori Tommy Soloman died . However today there are over 2,000 Moriori dependents of mixed Moriori , Māori and European decent . While not pure blooded Moriori , these are in fact Moriori people .
@@st4r444 well Moriori had developed the only pacifist culture in Polynesia and they were slaughtered and enslaved when 2 mainland Māori tribes took over a english ship and invaded the Chattams . that was in 1836 when there was over 3,000 Moriori by 1869 there were only 100 Moriori after most dies of despair .Those Maori have never apologized while the NZ government has for not acting to free them from slavery
Saying European is lumping or categorizing a large group into one group. Europeans have many cultures and beliefs and should not be labeled as one group as if they are all the same.
They don’t deserve your time and response because they are ignorant. What filipinos and chamorros have in common is how colonization has influenced a good portion of our cultures and tradtions, with that being said nobody has a right to say what you are and what you are not except for you. I’ve seen people say chamorros and micros are not real islanders or that hawaii is not even part of the polynesian family, they also wont recognize the fact that us filipinos are distant cousins, these people are just gatekeepers who are very ignorant of where our ancestors came from and the amazing things they have achieved.
lmao, as part Filipino, I say Chamorros are Filipino outcasts, i mean, Chamorros had to have came from somewhere right? Filipinos look the most similar to them.
@@Number1ReggaeHunter saying it as a joke is fine, but this could just be as ignorant as saying people from madagascar, indonesia, and polynesia are filipino outcasts. just cause we all share the same ancestors don’t mean we didn’t develop into unique sub cultures with our own flavors
@@khaixa_ Yea, I always think of it as, there were a group of indigenous Filipinos who just decided to migrate out into the ocean to find new land. I hear what you're saying. I got so much Guamanian/ Chamorro Friends, its all love no hate.
Filipinos are also Austronesians same as Chamorros. So intermarriage between Chamorros and Filipinos or Indonesians or Malaysians or Indigenous Taiwanese would be like reconnecting with a relative, and not with a totally alien group like with White Americans or Euro Spanish. Also Chamorros intermarriage with other Austronesian people would be like a reunion with a distant family member and promote unity among Austronesians in general. They too were invaded and colonized by Whites. And if people want to restore the original "pure native appearance" than an intermarriage with more "pure native looking" Taiwanese, Indonesians, or Filipinos will help restore the pureblood look in the kids and later generations.
@@Banktella54 Those are the lowlanders and city dwellers who got mixed up with colonizers. Go to the pure mountain tribes in Indonesia, Taiwan or Philippines and the pureblooded Austronesians are there. No Chinese or White blood at all.
@@Banktella54 Depends of who they talk to, if Filipinos talk to Indonesians or Malaysians they will tell they are Filipino If Filipinos talks to fellow Filipinos they will ask "Taga saan ka?" / "Where are you from?" Ilocano = Ilocos Region Igorot = Mountain Province Bisaya = Cebu Ilonggo = Panay Region Moro = Muslim Cha Moro = Guam
Western concept of race isn’t complete flawed. There is some truth to some things when it comes to race. It is true that certain races or ethncities are more likely to commit crimes. If you look at the most diverse countries they tend to have the highest crime rates but if you look at the least racially diverse countries they tend to have the lowest crime rates such as nations like Poland, Hungary, Switzerland and Iceland for example. I have noticed that the whitest countries tend to be the most safest and most prosperous
@vincentteregeyo5236 so true! What I was referring to are the people who say "I'm Micronesian" when they could've said "I'm chamorro" or etc. Because there isn't jst one ethnicity in Micronesia, and it's always better to be specific.
This video brought a big smile to my heart. It is this point exactly that is so easily identified with the long practiced custom of asking when first encountering a Chamoru; what is your family name, what branch, what village are you or your grand parents/great-grand parents from. Being able to trace ones genealogy back to ancestors and the land they came from is so valuable. Although many of us now live all over the globe, this ability and information can and does unite us as Taotao Tano beyond our island shores. Si Yu'us Ma'ase!
Thank you, Si Yu'os ma'ase, for your comment! I absolutely agree with what you pointed out. Your family name, branch, village, and other genealogy are the customary identifiers for CHamoru! Happy the video was able to reach you and hopefully other CHamorus around the globe may benefit from it! Biba taotao tano'!
Great video and beautiful message. Happy to see you’ve been uploading more frequently.
Si Yu'os ma'ase'! I definitely plan to upload more frequently.
Hey, admin. Can u please make video about Austronesians in Japan and their legacy in there? In the ancient Japan, some Austronesians sailed to Ryukyu and Kyuushu, they were called by Japanese historians as Kumaso, Azumi, and Hayato. Maybe this is why people from Southern Japan such as Kyuushuans and Okinawans look like Southeast Asians or Pacific Islanders. The Hayatos were known as Austronesian tribes in Kyuushu whose ancestors migrated from Taiwan. They fought against Yamato dynasty but failed and now being assimiliated into Japanese society through intermarriage with the Yamatos
I would be very interested in learning about this as well
Is thins why some areas of old Japan have samples of austronesian words?
Thank you for the comment. I unfortunately don't know enough about the Austronesians in Japan. You seem to know a lot more than me about it. Why don't you try making a video on it!
There is archeological evidence Chamorros visited thr Bonins, but Ive never heard of Austronesians in Japan. Interesting.
@aimintoplz do research about Hayato people
Very well explained, as always ❤
Let's Make the Americas Native Again
huh
It's in Oceania
@@seankellepesquisa0524 Let's Make Oceania Native Again. Australia, America, Canada, South America...these are stolen lands. Let's make them Native Again.
@@Freedom.of.Speech111 ok
Incredibly intelligent video. Excellent work!
Si Yu'os ma'ase'! I really appreciate the encouragement!
Great Content and very informative. Very proud to be a Pacific Islander.....
Si Yu'os ma'ase'!
Much needed video, and thank you for touching on this with SIFA when you guest spoke.
Si Yu'os ma'ase' che'lu! hu gof agradesi. I was thinking of SIFA and the students when I made this.
excellent video!!! si yu’us ma’åse for sharing this perspective -a mixed race stateside CHamoru
Si Yu'os ma'ase'! I'm happy the video was able to reach you!
You share a positive, healthy, and thoughtful message. Thanks to your good work, hopefully more people will move beyond the old imperialist narrative.
The Filipino outcasts is what my dad always said lol, but its all jokes.
Although yes Spaniards colonized that area, the only Spaniards there were actually priest, the rest were Mexicans of various racial background from white, mestizo and native americans. The "Spanish" influence in chamorus is actually Mexican and you can see that influence in the cuisine. Spaniards hardly ever mixed with the Asian colonized lands, look at the Philippines, less than 5% of its population has Spanish ancestry and when they have it, its less than 10%. But Spaniards used Mexicans and send them to the Philippines, they influenced the culture in the Philippines. Spain didn't see the Asian nations as how they saw the Americas, that is why they never bothered to mix with them or bring a large Spanish migration into Guam and the Philippines, they used Mexicans and Guam like the Philippines were being managed via New Spain (now Mexico).
"Spain didn't see the Asian nations as how they saw the Americas, that is why they never bothered to mix with them or bring a large Spanish migration into Guam and the Philippines..."
First, they have to sail around the world to get to Philippines and Guam - tyranny of distance. We have to consider the Treaty of Tordisillas that divided the globe between Spanish and Portuguese possession. It is the reason why Manila was crucial to Spanish empire's global commercial pursuits - they don't want to bother the Portuguese-controlled part of the world where they have a monopoly on those trading ports along the straits of malacca, Canton (now Macau) and Nagasaki in Japan.
Second, if you are from Spain, why bother go that far if you can just sail across Atlantic with less risks involved to settle in new lands?
@@carlosm.3426 They maybe a small percentage but Spanish people other than priests from Spain did settle, start business and intermarry with Philippine locals. There is a well known area that has completely Spanish architecture vastly different than anything Philippine at the time. They have their own different culture and language.
the Polynesian Moriori people of NZs Chattam islands ( Rekohu ) were said to have become extinct in 1933 when the last full blooded Moriori Tommy Soloman died . However today there are over 2,000 Moriori dependents of mixed Moriori , Māori and European decent . While not pure blooded Moriori , these are in fact Moriori people .
Who's fault was that ans have they apologized?
@@st4r444 well Moriori had developed the only pacifist culture in Polynesia and they were slaughtered and enslaved when 2 mainland Māori tribes took over a english ship and invaded the Chattams . that was in 1836 when there was over 3,000 Moriori by 1869 there were only 100 Moriori after most dies of despair .Those Maori have never apologized while the NZ government has for not acting to free them from slavery
@@Lukejb2Butterworth that's not true. A maori told me that war did not exist before white people arrived and white people caused moriori to go extinct
@@st4r444 every thing can easily be checked online from real sources and not random Māori people who would never lie or make up complete garbage .
@user-mg2ip8cr8z lol I guess he also told me his ancestors landed on antartica and they are the original south Americans
Hunggan, my 4 grandchildren are still ancient indigenous chamoru of Luta.
Saying European is lumping or categorizing a large group into one group. Europeans have many cultures and beliefs and should not be labeled as one group as if they are all the same.
What is your response to people saying that chamorros are just filipinos in denial?
Probably same response as Americans are Europeans...
They don’t deserve your time and response because they are ignorant. What filipinos and chamorros have in common is how colonization has influenced a good portion of our cultures and tradtions, with that being said nobody has a right to say what you are and what you are not except for you. I’ve seen people say chamorros and micros are not real islanders or that hawaii is not even part of the polynesian family, they also wont recognize the fact that us filipinos are distant cousins, these people are just gatekeepers who are very ignorant of where our ancestors came from and the amazing things they have achieved.
lmao, as part Filipino, I say Chamorros are Filipino outcasts, i mean, Chamorros had to have came from somewhere right? Filipinos look the most similar to them.
@@Number1ReggaeHunter saying it as a joke is fine, but this could just be as ignorant as saying people from madagascar, indonesia, and polynesia are filipino outcasts. just cause we all share the same ancestors don’t mean we didn’t develop into unique sub cultures with our own flavors
@@khaixa_ Yea, I always think of it as, there were a group of indigenous Filipinos who just decided to migrate out into the ocean to find new land. I hear what you're saying. I got so much Guamanian/ Chamorro Friends, its all love no hate.
Is that how you really pronounce Chamoru? sounds like a soft T or SH when saying the "Cha"
Yes
Filipinos are also Austronesians same as Chamorros. So intermarriage between Chamorros and Filipinos or Indonesians or Malaysians or Indigenous Taiwanese would be like reconnecting with a relative, and not with a totally alien group like with White Americans or Euro Spanish. Also Chamorros intermarriage with other Austronesian people would be like a reunion with a distant family member and promote unity among Austronesians in general. They too were invaded and colonized by Whites. And if people want to restore the original "pure native appearance" than an intermarriage with more "pure native looking" Taiwanese, Indonesians, or Filipinos will help restore the pureblood look in the kids and later generations.
Not really, Filipinos and Indonesians have been mixed just as much as Chamorros, like Chinese, Arab, Spanish blood
@@Banktella54 Those are the lowlanders and city dwellers who got mixed up with colonizers. Go to the pure mountain tribes in Indonesia, Taiwan or Philippines and the pureblooded Austronesians are there. No Chinese or White blood at all.
@@gula_rata ask them if they’re Filipino, they’ll say their tribe name not Filipino
@@gula_rata Filipino is the Spanish blood mixed with asian, the highlanders are Austronesian and Melanesian
@@Banktella54 Depends of who they talk to, if Filipinos talk to Indonesians or Malaysians they will tell they are Filipino
If Filipinos talks to fellow Filipinos they will ask "Taga saan ka?" / "Where are you from?"
Ilocano = Ilocos Region
Igorot = Mountain Province
Bisaya = Cebu
Ilonggo = Panay Region
Moro = Muslim
Cha Moro = Guam
Watching from North Borneo
if you grew up in the island and shared the experience, you are ethnic, it's the experience, emotional, and mental make up.
People who in 2024 still talk like "they are not pure anymore" are ignorant.
Who was the last recorded pure Chamorro?
Great video. Thank you Pulan
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Si Yu'os ma'ase'
Western concept of race isn’t complete flawed. There is some truth to some things when it comes to race. It is true that certain races or ethncities are more likely to commit crimes. If you look at the most diverse countries they tend to have the highest crime rates but if you look at the least racially diverse countries they tend to have the lowest crime rates such as nations like Poland, Hungary, Switzerland and Iceland for example. I have noticed that the whitest countries tend to be the most safest and most prosperous
All races are mixed races.
Chamoros don't look like micronesian
Educate yourself ! Micronesia is a place! You're either chamorro, chuukese, etc.... you are in Micronesia, you are not Micronesia.
@@RayneCalvo-z4dMicronesian is an ethnic group just like Polynesian or Melanesian.
But we are Micronesians
@vincentteregeyo5236 so true! What I was referring to are the people who say "I'm Micronesian" when they could've said "I'm chamorro" or etc. Because there isn't jst one ethnicity in Micronesia, and it's always better to be specific.