Are There Any Pure Chamorus Left? | Racialization and Its Impact on Indigenous People

[@donneone]

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!

[@pulanspeaks]

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'!

[@epg96]

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

[@SarahBogush]

I would be very interested in learning about this as well

[@st4r444]

Is thins why some areas of old Japan have samples of austronesian words?

[@pulanspeaks]

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!

[@yuerry]

Great video and beautiful message. Happy to see you’ve been uploading more frequently.

[@pulanspeaks]

Si Yu'os ma'ase'! I definitely plan to upload more frequently.

[@TruthSayer.FreeSpeech]

Let's Make the Americas Native Again

[@ginoangeles5260]

huh

[@seankellepesquisa0524]

It's in Oceania

[@TruthSayer.FreeSpeech]

@@seankellepesquisa0524 Let's Make Oceania Native Again. Australia, America, Canada, South America...these are stolen lands. Let's make them Native Again.

[@seankellepesquisa0524]

@@TruthSayer.FreeSpeech ok

[@hummushero9428]

Incredibly intelligent video. Excellent work!

[@pulanspeaks]

Si Yu'os ma'ase'! I really appreciate the encouragement!

[@scottpaul4507]

Great Content and very informative. Very proud to be a Pacific Islander.....

[@pulanspeaks]

Si Yu'os ma'ase'!

[@JayBayToTheMax]

Great video. Thank you Pulan

[@pulanspeaks]

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Si Yu'os ma'ase'

[@dylansablan9103]

Much needed video, and thank you for touching on this with SIFA when you guest spoke.

[@pulanspeaks]

Si Yu'os ma'ase' che'lu! hu gof agradesi. I was thinking of SIFA and the students when I made this.

[@BajaBlastBoy]

excellent video!!! si yu’us ma’åse for sharing this perspective -a mixed race stateside CHamoru

[@pulanspeaks]

Si Yu'os ma'ase'! I'm happy the video was able to reach you!

[@user-mg2ip8cr8z]

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]

Who's fault was that ans have they apologized?

[@user-mg2ip8cr8z]

@@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

[@st4r444]

@@user-mg2ip8cr8z 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

[@user-mg2ip8cr8z]

@@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 .

[@st4r444]

@user-mg2ip8cr8z lol I guess he also told me his ancestors landed on antartica and they are the original south Americans

[@ArchaeologyStudio]

You share a positive, healthy, and thoughtful message. Thanks to your good work, hopefully more people will move beyond the old imperialist narrative.

[@DV-ol7vt]

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.

[@luismanglona9590]

Hunggan, my 4 grandchildren are still ancient indigenous chamoru of Luta.

[@carlosm.3426]

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).

[@BatAskal]

"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?

[@donneone]

@@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.

[@BorneoCrocodile]

Watching from North Borneo

[@maktiki]

People who in 2024 still talk like "they are not pure anymore" are ignorant.

[@user-qo9vb7tx3c]

if you grew up in the island and shared the experience, you are ethnic, it's the experience, emotional, and mental make up.

[@Number1ReggaeHunter]

The Filipino outcasts is what my dad always said lol, but its all jokes.

[@manggafamuya6414]

What is your response to people saying that chamorros are just filipinos in denial?

[@thelessgreatshow1129]

Probably same response as Americans are Europeans...

[@khaixa_]

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.

[@Number1ReggaeHunter]

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.

[@khaixa_]

@@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

[@Number1ReggaeHunter]

@@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.

[@martinpangelinan2236]

Who was the last recorded pure Chamorro?

[@Number1ReggaeHunter]

Is that how you really pronounce Chamoru? sounds like a soft T or SH when saying the "Cha"

[@vincentteregeyo5236]

Yes

[@jonjonboi3701]

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

[@maktiki]

All races are mixed races.

[@user-qn5gp1be4x]

Chamoros don't look like micronesian

[@RayneCalvo-z4d]

Educate yourself ! Micronesia is a place! You're either chamorro, chuukese, etc.... you are in Micronesia, you are not Micronesia.

[@vincentteregeyo5236]

@@RayneCalvo-z4dMicronesian is an ethnic group just like Polynesian or Melanesian.

[@vincentteregeyo5236]

But we are Micronesians

[@RayneCalvo-z4d]

@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.