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| CHamoru Studies Consortium | |
|---|---|
| Name | CHamoru Studies Consortium |
| Formation | 2007 |
| Type | Nonprofit research and cultural organization |
| Headquarters | Hagåtña, Guam |
| Region served | Mariana Islands |
| Leader title | Executive Director |
CHamoru Studies Consortium
The CHamoru Studies Consortium is a nonprofit research and cultural organization based in Hagåtña focused on CHamoru language, history, culture, and policy. It works with academic institutions, cultural agencies, and community groups across the Mariana Islands and in the broader Pacific to promote CHamoru revitalization, archival preservation, and scholarly collaboration. The Consortium engages with local and international partners on projects spanning ethnography, linguistics, museum curation, legal history, and education.
The Consortium collaborates with institutions such as University of Guam, Guam Community College, Northern Marianas College, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and College of the Marshall Islands while engaging cultural partners including Micronesian Area Research Center, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, Bishop Museum, Alliance for Responsible Mining and East-West Center. It maintains relationships with government bodies like the Guam Legislature, legal entities including the Guam Supreme Court, and heritage organizations such as Guam Preservation Trust, Historic Preservation Office (Guam), and Chamorro Village; it also liaises with Pacific networks including Pacific Islands Forum, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pohnpei State Historical Society, Kosrae Historical Preservation Office, and Palau National Museum.
Founded in 2007, the Consortium's development involved collaborations with scholars from University of California, Berkeley, University of Hawaiʻi Press, University of Arizona, University of Michigan, and Australian National University. Early projects connected with archives such as U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, British Library, German Federal Archives, Archivo General de Indias, and collections at Yale University Library and Library of Congress. It responded to historical issues linked to events like the Spanish–American War, Treaty of Paris (1898), World War II in the Pacific, Battle of Guam (1944), and postwar commissions including the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administration and the United Nations Trusteeship Council deliberations.
The Consortium’s mission aligns with initiatives led by entities such as UNESCO and UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to support indigenous language revitalization and cultural heritage. Programs address topics explored by scholars affiliated with Linguistic Society of America, American Anthropological Association, Society for American Archaeology, American Association of Geographers, and Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Programming includes training modeled after grants from National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and foundations like Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation to support community research, curriculum development, and archival digitization.
Academic initiatives include partnerships with departments such as Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, and Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz to document CHamoru grammar, oral histories, and material culture. Cultural initiatives coordinate with museums and cultural centers like Guam Museum, Jornada del Muerto, National Museum of the American Indian, Asian Art Museum, Museum of the Pacific War, and Philippine National Museum for exhibitions, repatriation work, and interpretation tied to artifacts from sites including Latte stone sites, Puntan Dos Amantes, Fena Reservoir area, and colonial-era sites documented in Hagåtña and Agana Heights.
The Consortium’s governance includes a board drawing expertise from universities and cultural agencies: representatives have held positions at University of California, Los Angeles, Cornell University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Princeton University, and London School of Economics. Operational partnerships include collaborations with Governor of Guam offices, the Guam Department of Education, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System, Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Defense (for legacy issues), and nonprofit partners like Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy on cultural landscape projects.
The Consortium produces resources inspired by publishers and presses such as University of Hawaiʻi Press, University of Arizona Press, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, Duke University Press, and journals including Pacific Studies (journal), The Contemporary Pacific, Journal of Pacific History, Oceanic Linguistics, and Journal of Anthropological Research. It maintains digital archives interoperable with repositories like Digital Public Library of America, HathiTrust, JSTOR, and regional archives maintained by Micronesian Seminar and Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.
The Consortium organizes conferences and symposia connected to annual meetings of American Anthropological Association, Linguistic Society of America, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, and regional gatherings like the Pacific Islands Political Studies Association conference. Community events include workshops with partners such as Guam Micronesia Island Fair, Agana Harvest Festival, Mañaina Festival, Pasifika Festival, and educational programs in coordination with local schools and community centers across villages including Agat, Dededo, Yigo, Mangilao, and Sinajana.
Category:Chamorro culture Category:Organizations based in Guam