Colonial Surveillance, Lånchos, and the Perpetuation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guam, Mariana Islands

Bayman, James M.; Dixon, Boyd; Montón-Subías, Sandra; Segura, Natàlia Moragas

doi:10.2307/j.ctv105bb41.14

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“…It is probable former Ritidian residents attended mass in Hagåtña or a nearby rural church on Sundays, but returned to their lanchos during the week, thus avoiding potential conflict with civilian and Spanish administration and clergy in Hagåtña. The implementation of the lancho system (Bayman et al 2020) was undoubtedly encouraged by later colonial governments and clergy as a means to collect produce and wood from agricultural farms and nearby forests during the week, while indoctrinating the children in religious schools without the possible conflict of parental supervision.…”

Section: Terra Australis 54mentioning

confidence: 99%

Traditional places in conflict and their historic context: Ritidian, Guam

Dixon¹,

Jalandoni²,

Kottermair³

2022

Archaeological Perspectives on Conflict and Warfare in Australia and the Pacific

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Section: Terra Australis 54mentioning

confidence: 99%

Traditional places in conflict and their historic context: Ritidian, Guam

Dixon¹,

Jalandoni²,

Kottermair³

2022

Archaeological Perspectives on Conflict and Warfare in Australia and the Pacific

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“…Furthermore, during the Spanish and German occupation, in addition to land in the village, each Chamorro family owned a lancho (ranch-farm). The lancho system was introduced during the Spanish colonial period (Bayman et al, 2020; Dixon el al., 2020). According to Fritz (2001), the Chamorro people preferred their lanchos and used them for hunting and fishing.…”

Section: Persistence To Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

The foundation of island identity: Chamorro maritime practices and resistance in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Mushynsky

McKinnon

Cabrera

et al. 2022

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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Scholars have used terminal narratives when discussing Chamorro culture in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, especially in relation to its maritime connections. Researchers and administrators have done this explicitly by claiming that Chamorro people have lost touch with the sea because of long periods of colonization and implicitly through the routine omission of Chamorro people in studies of Micronesian cultures. Through a historical and archeological study that collaborates with contemporary Indigenous peoples, we argue that Chamorro maritime cultural identity, while it changed in response to the social environment, has persisted into the present. Maritime activities, particularly fishing and canoeing, have been a part of the daily lives of Chamorro people from 4,000 BP to the present, despite restrictions placed on these activities by four colonial powers. Furthermore, we find that asserting maritime connections have become a form of resistance in response to the current political climate.

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“…The implementation of the lancho system (Bayman et al 2020) was undoubtedly encouraged by later colonial governments and clergy as a means to collect produce and wood from agricultural farms and nearby forests during the week, while indoctrinating the children in religious schools without the possible conflict of parental supervision.…”

Section: Terra Australis 54mentioning

confidence: 99%

Archaeological Perspectives on Conflict and Warfare in Australia and the Pacific

2022

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Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present.

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Colonial Surveillance, Lånchos, and the Perpetuation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guam, Mariana Islands

Cited by 8 publications

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Traditional places in conflict and their historic context: Ritidian, Guam

Traditional places in conflict and their historic context: Ritidian, Guam

The foundation of island identity: Chamorro maritime practices and resistance in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Archaeological Perspectives on Conflict and Warfare in Australia and the Pacific

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