Indigenous authors excited to publish children's books
by Jojo Santo Tomas
Pacific Daily News
August 18, 2015
Five years ago, Jessica Iglesias used to take her twins to the library every Saturday. She sought local publications in Chamorro, to teach her 18-month-olds, Tano and Tasi, more about their language and culture.
"What
I found was very limited, only a few books. I would have to go to outer
branches to find material and they would let you see it, but you can't
check it out," she says. "It became a constant search for material. I'd
go to island fairs and things like that to look for material but there's
not a lot out there."
Now that Tano and Tasi are 7, Iglesias is taking a direct approach to a solution. Along with technical adviser Rudy Villaverde, she is writing a book herself.
Iglesias is one of two dozen prospective authors who hope to get local children's books published in time for the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts, which is being held on Guam from May 22 to June 4 next year.
The authors have been meeting every Saturday since Aug. 1 for an Indigenous Children's
Book Workshop, presented by the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities
Agency and the Forums, Workshops and Seminars Committee for FestPac. It is part of the "Connect Me, Create Me, Promote Me" Workshop Series sponsored by the Guam Visitors Bureau.
The weekend work is a stark contrast to Iglesias'
daily grind as a customs officer and tax preparer. She has zero
experience in writing and publishing, yet she feels comfortable and
excited about the process.
That's due in large part to facilitator Rosa Salas Palomo,
who put out a call for prospective authors in July. She was expecting
15 people to respond but almost double that showed interest. She managed
to fit everyone in the workshop and has spent four hours each Saturday walking
her fledgling authors through the basics of creating a story, working
with local illustrators and designing a finished product.
Iglesias' story is about a
young man going through a rite of passage, mastering the navigational
skills necessary to travel from island to island in the Marianas. With Villaverde's wealth of knowledge, Iglesias is confident she will not only publish this book, she will develop future books in a series.
Another children's book author prospect, Arlene TaitagueTaitingfong, says she's going through an amazing time in her life. Using characters Téadora,
a cat, and Bishop, a dog, she tells the story of a 'blended' family
that learns how to accept their differences and learn how to respect
each other.
"It's for elementary schoolchildren, and what kid doesn't like animals," she says. "Rosa Palomo
has been very helpful, and makes the process sound so easy even though I
know it's not. She's able to break it down to a step-by-step process
that is easy to follow."
Taitingfong says attending
the classes and being surrounded by so many like-minded people has
helped her reconnect with her culture. She's starting Chamorro
Language classes next week, for one, and is thinking even further
ahead: she'd like to co-author a book with her brother David Shawn Taitague, who's an illustrator.
"All these good things are coming about since I started this workshop," she says. "I feel like I've hit the lottery."
Iglesias echoed her sentiments.
"I'm
so excited, and I think it's great," she says. "All of us will be able
to put out something that will be passed on for future generations. God
bless Rosa Palomo for not turning anyone away."
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Saving the Chamorro Language
Saving the Chamorro language
Monday, 3/11/13
by Joy White
Marianas Variety New Staff
OVER the past 30 years, the number of Chamorro speakers on Guam has declined steadily – from 35,000 in 1990 to 25,000 as of the last census in 2010.
Such decline, according to scholars and cultural activists, underscores the need to preserve the language that has been pushed to the periphery due to the pre-war ban on the language, coupled with Western influence and the influx of immigrants.
Saving the Chamorro language from the brink of death is the focus of this year’s Chamorro Month celebration with the theme “Learn the Language of Your Elders and Practice It Every Day.”
“It’s all about getting the language taught,” said Joseph Artero-Cameron, director of the Department of Chamorro Affairs. “The theme this year is to get that language to our children in any shape or form.”
The theme, according to Artero-Cameron, seeks to encourage the daily use of the Chamorro language, “whether it’s in the school system or at home.”
Language ban
According to linguists, Chamorro constitutes a possibly independent branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. Unlike on Guam, the language is still common among Chamorro households in the Northern Marianas.
Chamorro language was suppressed on Guam in 1917, when the Naval Government Executive General issued Order No. 243, which banned speaking Chamorro and designated English as the only official language of Guam and ordered that “Chamorro must not be spoken except for official interpreting.”
According to Guampedia, speaking Chamorro was also forbidden on baseball fields, a sport growing in popularity, to encourage English use. “In the early 1920s, ‘No Chamorro’ policies were implemented and enforced within the schools and playgrounds. Public school students were reprimanded or penalized for speaking their native language. This policy continued after World War II.”
In recent years, Guam is seeing a cultural resurgence to learn the language.
School setting
Artero-Cameron believes the key to promoting the language is through the Department of Education’s Chamorro Language Curriculum.
“Students need to be able to use the Chamorro language for real communication by speaking; understanding what others are saying; reading; and interpreting written materials – all in the Chamorro language,” Artero-Cameron said.
“For too long, Chamorro language students in Guam have been judged by the number of years they have spent in the classroom rather than by their actual performance in the Chamorro language,” he said, adding elementary, middle, high school, and higher education instruction programs must be better articulated.
In 2011, Public Law 31-45 introduced by former Sen. Mana Silva Taijeron expanded previous legislation requiring Chamorro language instruction for elementary schools and one year at each level of education, to all grade levels in elementary and middle school and two years in high school. The law also mandates a reformation of the curriculum to incorporate a new curriculum for Beginning Chamorro (Introduction to Chamorro Language), Intermediate Chamorro (Basic Usage and Application of the Chamorro Language), and Advanced Chamorro (Conversational Chamorro).
By the new school year, 2013 to 2014 course work in the 7th grade should start and by the following school year, 2014 to 2015, the course will be included in the 8th grade. High schools should start the required course work by 9th grade, with the 10th grade mandated program starting in school year 2014 to 2015.
In addition, the law requires a Chamorro Language Department and department chair for all programs to be created at all schools to develop and implement the curriculum.
Competition
Rosa Salas Palomo, educator and coordinator of the University of Guam’s Chamorro language competition, stresses that oral competency must come hand-in-hand with social or cultural literacy.
The competition, themed “The Chamorro Language: Learn, Use, and Show,” starts at 3 p.m. today
“Aside from the language, we also have the linguistic competency, where they can speak the language but we also need to focus on the cultural or social competence, because sometimes we have someone who is using Chamorro but behaving like a mainlander and they contradict each other. Sometimes it’s difficult for children to grasp this, but there are mannerisms associated with individual languages. You need to make sure they are intact, that they match,” Palomo said.
“It’s our obligation as teachers to teach this, as well as the language because they go together. Why teach a language if you're not going to teach how to use it competently?” Palomo added.
Private efforts
Private individuals are also trying to create venues to learning the language more accessible.
For example, Troy Aguon created the Learn Chamorru! DVD and website for children.
Born and raised on Guam, Aguon worked in Las Vegas for about 13 years. When he returned with his two young children, he found there were no kid-friendly learning tools for Chamorro.
After being away for so long, he promised he would learn to be more fluent in the language and teach his children.
“My desire is to put as much Chamorro lessons, games, trivia and challenges on the LearnChamorro.com website for mom and dad to learn with their children in a fun and interactive new media resource tool (Internet audio/video, SMS, email, and smart phone). We believe teaching the language must start in the home and reinforced at home. Without language, there is no culture,” said Aguon, who is also partnering with Pay-Less Supermarkets to promote the Chamorro language.
The partnership promotes the language by identifying grocery items in the store and providing interactive activities, such as a scavenger hunter promotion that will be tied in with the website.
In addition, Aguon is working on volume two of the Learn Chamorro DVD and other technological tools, such as mobile friendly website software that will help children learn the language.
Monday, 3/11/13
by Joy White
Marianas Variety New Staff
OVER the past 30 years, the number of Chamorro speakers on Guam has declined steadily – from 35,000 in 1990 to 25,000 as of the last census in 2010.
Such decline, according to scholars and cultural activists, underscores the need to preserve the language that has been pushed to the periphery due to the pre-war ban on the language, coupled with Western influence and the influx of immigrants.
Saving the Chamorro language from the brink of death is the focus of this year’s Chamorro Month celebration with the theme “Learn the Language of Your Elders and Practice It Every Day.”
“It’s all about getting the language taught,” said Joseph Artero-Cameron, director of the Department of Chamorro Affairs. “The theme this year is to get that language to our children in any shape or form.”
The theme, according to Artero-Cameron, seeks to encourage the daily use of the Chamorro language, “whether it’s in the school system or at home.”
Language ban
According to linguists, Chamorro constitutes a possibly independent branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. Unlike on Guam, the language is still common among Chamorro households in the Northern Marianas.
Chamorro language was suppressed on Guam in 1917, when the Naval Government Executive General issued Order No. 243, which banned speaking Chamorro and designated English as the only official language of Guam and ordered that “Chamorro must not be spoken except for official interpreting.”
According to Guampedia, speaking Chamorro was also forbidden on baseball fields, a sport growing in popularity, to encourage English use. “In the early 1920s, ‘No Chamorro’ policies were implemented and enforced within the schools and playgrounds. Public school students were reprimanded or penalized for speaking their native language. This policy continued after World War II.”
In recent years, Guam is seeing a cultural resurgence to learn the language.
School setting
Artero-Cameron believes the key to promoting the language is through the Department of Education’s Chamorro Language Curriculum.
“Students need to be able to use the Chamorro language for real communication by speaking; understanding what others are saying; reading; and interpreting written materials – all in the Chamorro language,” Artero-Cameron said.
“For too long, Chamorro language students in Guam have been judged by the number of years they have spent in the classroom rather than by their actual performance in the Chamorro language,” he said, adding elementary, middle, high school, and higher education instruction programs must be better articulated.
In 2011, Public Law 31-45 introduced by former Sen. Mana Silva Taijeron expanded previous legislation requiring Chamorro language instruction for elementary schools and one year at each level of education, to all grade levels in elementary and middle school and two years in high school. The law also mandates a reformation of the curriculum to incorporate a new curriculum for Beginning Chamorro (Introduction to Chamorro Language), Intermediate Chamorro (Basic Usage and Application of the Chamorro Language), and Advanced Chamorro (Conversational Chamorro).
By the new school year, 2013 to 2014 course work in the 7th grade should start and by the following school year, 2014 to 2015, the course will be included in the 8th grade. High schools should start the required course work by 9th grade, with the 10th grade mandated program starting in school year 2014 to 2015.
In addition, the law requires a Chamorro Language Department and department chair for all programs to be created at all schools to develop and implement the curriculum.
Competition
Rosa Salas Palomo, educator and coordinator of the University of Guam’s Chamorro language competition, stresses that oral competency must come hand-in-hand with social or cultural literacy.
The competition, themed “The Chamorro Language: Learn, Use, and Show,” starts at 3 p.m. today
“Aside from the language, we also have the linguistic competency, where they can speak the language but we also need to focus on the cultural or social competence, because sometimes we have someone who is using Chamorro but behaving like a mainlander and they contradict each other. Sometimes it’s difficult for children to grasp this, but there are mannerisms associated with individual languages. You need to make sure they are intact, that they match,” Palomo said.
“It’s our obligation as teachers to teach this, as well as the language because they go together. Why teach a language if you're not going to teach how to use it competently?” Palomo added.
Private efforts
Private individuals are also trying to create venues to learning the language more accessible.
For example, Troy Aguon created the Learn Chamorru! DVD and website for children.
Born and raised on Guam, Aguon worked in Las Vegas for about 13 years. When he returned with his two young children, he found there were no kid-friendly learning tools for Chamorro.
After being away for so long, he promised he would learn to be more fluent in the language and teach his children.
“My desire is to put as much Chamorro lessons, games, trivia and challenges on the LearnChamorro.com website for mom and dad to learn with their children in a fun and interactive new media resource tool (Internet audio/video, SMS, email, and smart phone). We believe teaching the language must start in the home and reinforced at home. Without language, there is no culture,” said Aguon, who is also partnering with Pay-Less Supermarkets to promote the Chamorro language.
The partnership promotes the language by identifying grocery items in the store and providing interactive activities, such as a scavenger hunter promotion that will be tied in with the website.
In addition, Aguon is working on volume two of the Learn Chamorro DVD and other technological tools, such as mobile friendly website software that will help children learn the language.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
The Garrido Manuscript
Mirconesian Area Research Center Presents Findings on over 200-Year-Old Garrido Manuscript
Research offers unique glimpse of Chamorro Language in 1798
A one-of-a-kind document written in the Chamorro language of the 18th Century is being brought to light as a result of research recently conducted at the University of Guam Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC). The UOG Chamorro Studies Program and MARC are presenting a translation of this document to the community and offering a rare look into what the Chamorro language looked and sounded like more than 200 years ago.
The presentation will be held at the CLASS Lecture Hall on the University of Guam Campus from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2014.
About the Manuscript
In 1798, Manuel Garrido, a Chamorro and official of the Spanish Government of the Mariana Islands was asked to translate into Chamorro news received from Manila regarding the victory of Spanish and Filipino soldiers against a British ship attacking Zamboanga, in Mindanao. In the translation of this document, Dr. Calos Madrid (MARC Researcher) and Jeremy Cepeda (Chamorro instructor, Simon Sanchez High School) have uncovered a sizable amount of Ancient Chamorro words now in complete disuse or completely unknown to Chamorros today.The translation process required working simultaneously in three languages, Spanish, Chamorro and English, but by the end of this one year research project, theories regarding many of these unknown words have been formed. Working side by side and providing input and guidance in this endeavor was Leonard Iriarte (I Fanlalai'an Oral History Project), Fr. Eric Forbes (Capuchin Friary), Rosa Salas Palomo (UOG) and Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua (Chamorro Studies Program).
At A Glance
UOG MARC Presentation
The Garrido Manuscript: A Unique Glimpse of the Chamorro Language in 1798
by Dr. Carlos Madrid and Jeremy Cepeda.
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2014
University of Guam, CLASS Lecture Hall
This presentation is free and open to the public and anyone with an interest in Chamorro language or Marianas History is encouraged to attend.
For more information, please contact Dr. Carlos Madrid at cmadridap@hotmail.com or 735-2154/2153.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Peter Onedera: Ti malago' yu bai hu li'e' i finatai i Fino' Chamoru
Ti malago' yu' bai hu li'e' i finatai i fino' Chamoru
by Peter Onedera
Pacific Daily News
June 2, 2015
Annai ma empleha yu' para direktot prugråma gi i Kumision I Fino' CHamoru, hu pega na unu este na petsonåt milågru para guåhu. Gi tinituhon ayu na tiempo, hu eyak dinuebu i fino' CHamoru ni' hagas hu honño gi maloffan na såkkan siha. Ayu i hagas tiningo' siha ha na'baya' yu' gotpe ya måtto di ha na' apurao siñente-ku.
Sigun ginen i kumisina siha para ayu na ahensia, taiguihi as Doktora Bernadita Camacho-Dungca, si Rosa Salas Palomo, si Josefina Perez Barcinas, si Sister Bernadette Quintanilla, si Juanita Toves Peredo, si Bill Paulino, si Tan Ana Borja Garcia, si Frank San Nicolas yan i difunto as Doktot Jeff D. Tainatongo, ma baba nuebu na mundo para guåhu ya hu tutuhon kinahulo'-hu para bai hu gacha' nuebu na tiningo' siha put i lengguahi-hu.
Ma tåla' yu' ni' i hestorian i fino' CHamoru ya gi magåhet sentåya' tiningo'-hu put ayu ni' håfafa ha'. Ma sangåni yu' put i rilasion-ña yan otro lengguåhi siha gi i uriya ya pumoddong gi i familian Austronesian. Ti hu tungo' put utugrafiha ya hu espiha este na palåbra gi i deksenårion Webster's put para bai hu tungo' håfa kumeke'ilekña. Sumaonao ha' lokkue' i atfabeton CHamoru ya ha yåma atension-hu sa' put i ma fa'nåna'gue esta gi i sesteman eskuelan pupbleko.
Put mås, ayu gof takhilo' na hinekkå-ku na magåhet na lengguåhi i fino' CHamoru. Enfin eraki håfa hu hongge ni' kulan parehu yan noskuåntos taotao siha, ti påtte gi i fino' Españot i fino' CHamoru sa' put i finedda' palåbra siha ginen ayu na lengguåhi. Hu eyak nuebu na finiho', Chamorrocization ni' ineksplikåyi as difunto Doktot Donald Topping gi i tinige'-ña lepblo Spoken Chamorro.
Kumeke'ilekña este na i inadåpta yan inayao palåbra siha ginen otro na lengguåhi. Ma fa'nå'gue yu' na i manaotao tåno' manma fuetsa para u faneyak pumalu lengguåhi taiguihi i fino' CHapanes gi i tiempon gera, yan lokkue' enfin, kontodu fino' Españot ni' dinira kåsi nomås di tres siklo na tiempo.
Pues måtto i fino' Engles Amerikånu ya, lokkue', nuebu na areklo, na u ma chomma' i tinaotao na u famfino' CHamoru putmås espesiåt gi lugåt pupbleko yan eskuela siha. Ma månda este ni' i Estådos Militåt Navy, ya este na aksion inekstendi yan chumenglong dekådu na tiempo siha ya ha afekta lameggai na hinirasion CHamoru.
Ya estague' tumutuhon estao pineddong ni' mumåtka i tiempo. Na'triste lokkue', i ma chomma' uson lengguåhi ni' tumåddong gi kurason yan titanos Mañamoru, espesiåtmente, mañaina ni' ma siente na dañuyan fumino' CHamoru sa' ti u maolek mo'na hinanao-ñiha i famagu'on-ñiha. Måtto di ha sohyo' este na siñente gi sanhalom mañaina ya ha afekta hinirasion siha na famagu'on sa' siempre ti ma fakcha'i i guinifen Amerikånu para lina'la' ni' kabåles kollat åpaka' gi uriyan guma', minaolek lina'la', yan ginesa yan minalago' nuebu yan takhilo' na estao ni' chumilong siempre. Este lokkue' tumutuhon tumunok-ña i hinasso put minantienen lengguåhi.
Bula, kontåtki todu, na taotao Guåhan humokka este na hinasso ya ti åpmam na ha palala'i i mayuriha na familia este na siñente. Estague' tumutuhon i finakpo' asunto. På'go, na'dañu estao-ña i lengguahi-ta ni' nina'i ginen mismo as Yu'os ya gaige gi iya kadenan Mari'ånas gi, sigun ginen rekot siha, nomåsdi kuåtro mit na såkkan siha.
Bula malingu-ta put este. Yanggen hu atan tåtte i lina'lå'-hu ni' hu na'chetton siñenten minamåhlao put håyi yu' sa' put i eksperensiå-hu ni' ti maolek ya ha dirihi despues i aksion-hu siha, isao yu'. Ti hu tungo' lamaolek ya hu diseha na siña ha' mohon hu pañot ha' enlugåt di hu ketulaikan-maisa yu' put para bai hu maolek gi i lengguåhi ni' ti iyo-ku put fin. Mistet, hu fokos yu' kulan dipendiente yu' sigun put lina'lå'-hu na dinirecho.
Hu hasso na hu eyak i tiningo' manå'paka', put kuentos, na hu hongge este sigun ginen tinaitai-hu put sichu'asion Amerikånon Natibu osino Manmo'nan Tinaotao Estådos Unidos. Mumaolek yu' ya kulan prubecho-ku pues menos på'go i isao hu kåkatga. På'go sa' åmko' yu', hu dirihi yu' mo'na para i fino'-hu put rason na bai hu fangontrebuyi gi i inadahi-ña. Satisfecho yu' na hu giha i lina'lå'-hu gi este na direksion.
Hu chalåni todu gi i nina'siñå-hu. Hu li'e' inengkebukao sinhostisia gi i lengguahi-hu ya hu pañot lokkue' i insutto put i kinalamten inadahi-ña yan gine'te-ña piot ginen i mismo CHamoru siha. Hu sungon ma faisen-hu put håyi yu' noskuåntos biåhi piot yanggen sesso di ma sangåni' yu' na sentåya' CHamoru esta på'go na tiempo, fino' yan tinaotao parehu. Hu kåtga yan hu pañot i piniti-hu ginen pumalu siha, piot ginen kumetsiånte yan inetnon sibit gi iya Guåhan, ni' manma pega tapbleru gi i sagan humotnat ya ma månda na para fino' Engles ha' u ma na'setbe entre manemplehao.
Tinakka' dekådu siha para bai hu fångge' fino' CHamoru gi lucha gi iya PDN ya ha senhongang yu' si David Crisostomo annai ha fåna' yu' ya ha faisen yu' bai hu tutuhon. Ti siguru yu' kao ha tungo' si David, na iya PDN, gi tåtte na tiempo gi otro na påpblisha, sumaonao iya PDN mamega tapbleru lokkue' ya ha månda i nina'setben fino' Engles. Sumaonao yu' gi ayu na prinotesta kontra siha ya put fin ma håtsa i minanda. Annai guaha un editot siudåt ni' hagan CNMI ya maskeseha nå'an åpaka' apeyidu-ña lao annok na guaha hagå-ña CHamoru ya ha dulalak yu' huyong ginen ufisinå-ña ya ha botleha yu' ni' sinangånña, "mumanengheng Sasalåguan yanggen u annok i fino' CHamoru gi i pappet di'årion PDN…" ya atan ha' på'go na guaha alos uttemo, humålom yu' håfa mohon?
En fin, ha guaife gotpe i titanos-hu ya hu habao i chansa maskeseha guaha presiu ni' debidi bai hu apåsi. Yanggen mångge' yu' debidi u saonao i pinilå'-ña gi fino' Engles ya ma sangåni yu' na para u annok i fino' Engles gi iyon-ñiha uepsait ya i fino' CHamoru gi i pappet di'åriu. Ti hu kuestiona este na opottunidåt ni' mandådakdak guihi na mumento ya ti malago' yu' na bai hu chånda.
Guaha ta'lo.
Imel Peter R. Onedera giya peteronedera@gmail.com
by Peter Onedera
Pacific Daily News
June 2, 2015
Annai ma empleha yu' para direktot prugråma gi i Kumision I Fino' CHamoru, hu pega na unu este na petsonåt milågru para guåhu. Gi tinituhon ayu na tiempo, hu eyak dinuebu i fino' CHamoru ni' hagas hu honño gi maloffan na såkkan siha. Ayu i hagas tiningo' siha ha na'baya' yu' gotpe ya måtto di ha na' apurao siñente-ku.
Sigun ginen i kumisina siha para ayu na ahensia, taiguihi as Doktora Bernadita Camacho-Dungca, si Rosa Salas Palomo, si Josefina Perez Barcinas, si Sister Bernadette Quintanilla, si Juanita Toves Peredo, si Bill Paulino, si Tan Ana Borja Garcia, si Frank San Nicolas yan i difunto as Doktot Jeff D. Tainatongo, ma baba nuebu na mundo para guåhu ya hu tutuhon kinahulo'-hu para bai hu gacha' nuebu na tiningo' siha put i lengguahi-hu.
Ma tåla' yu' ni' i hestorian i fino' CHamoru ya gi magåhet sentåya' tiningo'-hu put ayu ni' håfafa ha'. Ma sangåni yu' put i rilasion-ña yan otro lengguåhi siha gi i uriya ya pumoddong gi i familian Austronesian. Ti hu tungo' put utugrafiha ya hu espiha este na palåbra gi i deksenårion Webster's put para bai hu tungo' håfa kumeke'ilekña. Sumaonao ha' lokkue' i atfabeton CHamoru ya ha yåma atension-hu sa' put i ma fa'nåna'gue esta gi i sesteman eskuelan pupbleko.
Put mås, ayu gof takhilo' na hinekkå-ku na magåhet na lengguåhi i fino' CHamoru. Enfin eraki håfa hu hongge ni' kulan parehu yan noskuåntos taotao siha, ti påtte gi i fino' Españot i fino' CHamoru sa' put i finedda' palåbra siha ginen ayu na lengguåhi. Hu eyak nuebu na finiho', Chamorrocization ni' ineksplikåyi as difunto Doktot Donald Topping gi i tinige'-ña lepblo Spoken Chamorro.
Kumeke'ilekña este na i inadåpta yan inayao palåbra siha ginen otro na lengguåhi. Ma fa'nå'gue yu' na i manaotao tåno' manma fuetsa para u faneyak pumalu lengguåhi taiguihi i fino' CHapanes gi i tiempon gera, yan lokkue' enfin, kontodu fino' Españot ni' dinira kåsi nomås di tres siklo na tiempo.
Pues måtto i fino' Engles Amerikånu ya, lokkue', nuebu na areklo, na u ma chomma' i tinaotao na u famfino' CHamoru putmås espesiåt gi lugåt pupbleko yan eskuela siha. Ma månda este ni' i Estådos Militåt Navy, ya este na aksion inekstendi yan chumenglong dekådu na tiempo siha ya ha afekta lameggai na hinirasion CHamoru.
Ya estague' tumutuhon estao pineddong ni' mumåtka i tiempo. Na'triste lokkue', i ma chomma' uson lengguåhi ni' tumåddong gi kurason yan titanos Mañamoru, espesiåtmente, mañaina ni' ma siente na dañuyan fumino' CHamoru sa' ti u maolek mo'na hinanao-ñiha i famagu'on-ñiha. Måtto di ha sohyo' este na siñente gi sanhalom mañaina ya ha afekta hinirasion siha na famagu'on sa' siempre ti ma fakcha'i i guinifen Amerikånu para lina'la' ni' kabåles kollat åpaka' gi uriyan guma', minaolek lina'la', yan ginesa yan minalago' nuebu yan takhilo' na estao ni' chumilong siempre. Este lokkue' tumutuhon tumunok-ña i hinasso put minantienen lengguåhi.
Bula, kontåtki todu, na taotao Guåhan humokka este na hinasso ya ti åpmam na ha palala'i i mayuriha na familia este na siñente. Estague' tumutuhon i finakpo' asunto. På'go, na'dañu estao-ña i lengguahi-ta ni' nina'i ginen mismo as Yu'os ya gaige gi iya kadenan Mari'ånas gi, sigun ginen rekot siha, nomåsdi kuåtro mit na såkkan siha.
Bula malingu-ta put este. Yanggen hu atan tåtte i lina'lå'-hu ni' hu na'chetton siñenten minamåhlao put håyi yu' sa' put i eksperensiå-hu ni' ti maolek ya ha dirihi despues i aksion-hu siha, isao yu'. Ti hu tungo' lamaolek ya hu diseha na siña ha' mohon hu pañot ha' enlugåt di hu ketulaikan-maisa yu' put para bai hu maolek gi i lengguåhi ni' ti iyo-ku put fin. Mistet, hu fokos yu' kulan dipendiente yu' sigun put lina'lå'-hu na dinirecho.
Hu hasso na hu eyak i tiningo' manå'paka', put kuentos, na hu hongge este sigun ginen tinaitai-hu put sichu'asion Amerikånon Natibu osino Manmo'nan Tinaotao Estådos Unidos. Mumaolek yu' ya kulan prubecho-ku pues menos på'go i isao hu kåkatga. På'go sa' åmko' yu', hu dirihi yu' mo'na para i fino'-hu put rason na bai hu fangontrebuyi gi i inadahi-ña. Satisfecho yu' na hu giha i lina'lå'-hu gi este na direksion.
Hu chalåni todu gi i nina'siñå-hu. Hu li'e' inengkebukao sinhostisia gi i lengguahi-hu ya hu pañot lokkue' i insutto put i kinalamten inadahi-ña yan gine'te-ña piot ginen i mismo CHamoru siha. Hu sungon ma faisen-hu put håyi yu' noskuåntos biåhi piot yanggen sesso di ma sangåni' yu' na sentåya' CHamoru esta på'go na tiempo, fino' yan tinaotao parehu. Hu kåtga yan hu pañot i piniti-hu ginen pumalu siha, piot ginen kumetsiånte yan inetnon sibit gi iya Guåhan, ni' manma pega tapbleru gi i sagan humotnat ya ma månda na para fino' Engles ha' u ma na'setbe entre manemplehao.
Tinakka' dekådu siha para bai hu fångge' fino' CHamoru gi lucha gi iya PDN ya ha senhongang yu' si David Crisostomo annai ha fåna' yu' ya ha faisen yu' bai hu tutuhon. Ti siguru yu' kao ha tungo' si David, na iya PDN, gi tåtte na tiempo gi otro na påpblisha, sumaonao iya PDN mamega tapbleru lokkue' ya ha månda i nina'setben fino' Engles. Sumaonao yu' gi ayu na prinotesta kontra siha ya put fin ma håtsa i minanda. Annai guaha un editot siudåt ni' hagan CNMI ya maskeseha nå'an åpaka' apeyidu-ña lao annok na guaha hagå-ña CHamoru ya ha dulalak yu' huyong ginen ufisinå-ña ya ha botleha yu' ni' sinangånña, "mumanengheng Sasalåguan yanggen u annok i fino' CHamoru gi i pappet di'årion PDN…" ya atan ha' på'go na guaha alos uttemo, humålom yu' håfa mohon?
En fin, ha guaife gotpe i titanos-hu ya hu habao i chansa maskeseha guaha presiu ni' debidi bai hu apåsi. Yanggen mångge' yu' debidi u saonao i pinilå'-ña gi fino' Engles ya ma sangåni yu' na para u annok i fino' Engles gi iyon-ñiha uepsait ya i fino' CHamoru gi i pappet di'åriu. Ti hu kuestiona este na opottunidåt ni' mandådakdak guihi na mumento ya ti malago' yu' na bai hu chånda.
Guaha ta'lo.
Imel Peter R. Onedera giya peteronedera@gmail.com
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