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...Actually, Chamorro are the indigenous people of the island of Guam. They make up almost half of the Guamanian population. The language of Guam is also called Chamorro. Those sugary dough sticks? They're called churros...
...noticed on my Census form that among the options for race is "Guamanian or Chamorro." What exactly is a Chamorro? I always thought it was that sugary dough stick they sell from sidewalk carts...
...western Pacific, particularly on the island of Guam, where ALS was once at least 50 times as common as in the continental U.S. Last year Peter Spencer, a neurotoxicologist at New York City's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, offered a solution to the mystery of the Guamanian cases when he traced them to a toxin found in cycad seeds, which the natives used to eat in times of famine. The toxin specifically affects nerve cells, says Spencer, and "exposure may occur decades before the actual onset of the disease...
...forms are being used in the survey. Some 83% of the nation's households will get the short version, which asks seven personal questions, such as each resident's name, sex, age, marital status, race (15 categories, including white, black, American Indian, Filipino, Eskimo and Guamanian) and whether the respondent is of Spanish/Hispanic origin. Specific queries about race and national descent have been sought by minority group leaders who have argued that many of their members have been overlooked in past counts. Said Juanita Steadham, a prominent Creek Indian activist: "Before, the form said 'black and others...
...years of [U.S.] neglect," Guam Governor Ricardo Bordallo blames Washington for all the difficulties. "You'd be shocked at the number of sophisticates who know nothing about the Pacific," he sighs. "On my first trip to Washington, one Congressman asked me what was the citizenship of the Guamanian people. When I tried to cash a Government of Guam check, one bank manager demanded the address of my embassy...