Chamorro people
The Chamorro or CHamoru people are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands. They are divided between the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The Chamorros also have large populations in several U.S. states, specifically those on the West Coast. The Chamorro are a mainly Austronesian people, but some may also have other ancestries such as Spanish or Japanese.
| 230px Chamorro people (1915) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 147,798 (2010 census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States | |
| 22x20px Guam | 59,381 (2010 census)[2] |
| 22x20px Northern Mariana Islands | 12,902 (2010 census)[3] |
| Languages | |
| Chamorro (native) English (auxiliary) | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Micronesians, Filipinos | |
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Chamorro People Media
- Reception of the Manila Galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, ca. 1590.jpg
Reception of a Manila galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, circa 1590 Boxer Codex
- Chamorrohaus Rekonstruktion.jpg
Reconstruction of how latte stone structures may have appeared
- Latte stones in Hagatna.jpg
Taotaomona are believed to live near Latte stones
- Chamorro girls in 1930s.JPG
Chamorro girls in the 1930s
- Group of Chamorros on Guam, 1944-1947 (cropped).jpg
Group of Chamorros on Guam in the mid-1940s
- Saint Joseph Church in Inarajan, Guam (cropped).jpg
Chamorros at church in Inarajan, Guam in the mid-1940s
- Peter A. Gumataotao (2).jpg
Peter Gumataotao is the first Chamorro two-star flag officer in the United States military.
- Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Island dancers perform for the submarine tender USS Frank Cable..jpg
Chamorro dancers, 30-7-2012
The Chamorro language is the native language of the Chamorro people. It contains many loanwords from Spanish because of the Spaniards' colonial history on Guam and the Mariana Islands.
Notable Chamorros
- Theresa H. Arriola, cultural anthropologist from the Northern Mariana Islands
- Zach Banner (born 1993), American NFL football offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Manny Crisostomo (born 1958), Chamorro Pulitzer Prize winner
- Joe Duarte (born 1983), mixed martial artist
- Peter Gumataotao, first Chamorro two-star flag officer in the United States military
- Siobhon McManus, teacher & activist
- Susan Pangelinan, Chamorro-American member of the United States Air Force
- Frank Camacho, martial artist
- Jon Tuck, martial artist
Related articles
References
- ↑ "The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population: 2010" (PDF). census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ "2010 Census Guam Demographic Profile Summary File" (PDF). census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ethnic Origin or Race: 2010 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Summary File". census.gov\publisher=US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.