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Mumon Linahayan

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I'm not sure when I'll start posting again. I'm preparing my presentation for the upcoming Marianas History Conference in Saipan next week. Originally my presentation was supposed to be about one thing and it is slowly evolving into something else. It's both exciting and frustrating I'll be writing more about it soon I'm sure. In the meantime, despensa yu' put i tinague-ku guini. Siempre ti apmam bai hu bira tatte!

Here's my original abstract for the conference, but as I already said it won't be much like this when I actually present it though:


Mumon Linahayan: The Reinvigorating of the Retelling of the Chamorro-Spanish Wars Although Marianas histories are overloaded with the importance of World War II in recent history, in a longer-view the Chamorro-Spanish Wars had a far greater impact on the lives of Chamorros and their islands. However, with the exception of figures such Pale’ Vitores and Maga’lÃ¥hi Kepuha who emerge as hegemonic figures of the …