A Year in Atate
For the past year I have been assisting one of the men who fought
the Japanese at Atate, Jose Mata Torres with the publication of his memoirs, “The
Massacre at Atate.” Torres was a young man at the time who and wasn’t a main
organizer for the attack but he said that he had never felt more inspired or
exciting in his life, than to see the men from his village rise up and in order
to defend their families and their lives, face off against their violent
occupiers. On February 24th at 6:30 in the CLASS Lecture Hall at UOG, the book
“Massacre at Atate” is being released. There will be a reading by Jose Torres
and then a panel discussion afterwards. Please come and join us for this
important step for Chamorro Studies, but also just the remembering of Chamorro
history and in turn Chamorro possibility.
As I come near to the end of this project it reminds me of something I posted earlier, last year titled "Three Massacres." It was originally posted on this blog, but I posted it rece…
As I come near to the end of this project it reminds me of something I posted earlier, last year titled "Three Massacres." It was originally posted on this blog, but I posted it rece…