Chamorro: Chamorro's Migration

Chamorros Migration

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As travel opportunities emerged, the passion for traveling and exploration was ignited. This event was coupled with social, economic, and political forces that were reshaping the Chamorros’ abilities to sustain meaningful and satisfying lives on their islands. This led towards the migration of Chamorros from their native islands to the continental US.
Chamorro migration was spurred by three primary reasons: the call to military service, the pursuit of greater education, and the search for better opportunities.
Migration to the United States began as early as 1900s.
Chamorros before WWII were relatively unknown to the rest of the world. The Mariana Islands were predominantly populated by Chamorros. It was not until after the war and during the reconstruction era that non-Chamorros had a significant presence on the islands. It was also during this period that a major restructuring of the social-economic structure of the Chamorro people and their culture occurred. Several restructuring events that brought different rules and different way of living to the Chamorro were the result of their migration to the United States in search of improving their lives.

The yellow indicates where in US Chamorros settled
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After World War II in the 1940s, the induction of young Chamorro men into the US Nave led to the first wave of Chamorro military families leaving Guam and settling in California.
The mass migration of Chamorros began as a result of the destructive typhoon in 1960. Many families angered at the typhoon's destruction decided to leave for California, where other families have been already settled there.
According to the 1980 census, the number of Chamorros in the US was 30,695. By 1990, the number of Chamorros grew to 49,345. The most current census in 2000 counted 58,240 Chamorros in the fifty states.

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