Chamorros: Settled Guam Islands c. 2000 BC … Dededo: Umatac: Mongmong-Toto-Maite • Inarajan. Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Residents of Guam are American citizens by birth since 1950.
Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorros. The Nickname for Guam is Tånó y Chamorro (Chamorro) or in English … “Land of the Chamorro”. Motto: Tånó I’ Man Chamorro (Chamorro) or in English … “Land of the Chamorros”.
During the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam on June 21, 1898. Under the Treaty of Paris, signed December 10, 1898, Spain ceded Guam to the U.S. effective April 11, 1899. Since then Guam has been a part of the United States.