So CNN just showed a report on the royal visit to New Zealand, which not only actively mocked the cultural traditions of the Maori, comparing the haka to the mating dance of the emu, but also denigrated the cultural traditions of many other groups as being ‘native’ and generally silly. It’s this kind of shoddy journalism and blatant racism that perpetuates an idea of multiculturalism being some kind of childish joke and trivialises the identity of 15% of NZ’s population. If you want to do something about it, there is a complaint here, and the petition associated with it here.  .

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Pacific Climate Warriors: “We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting”

Na fan a'kumprendi put i ma'maipen i hilo'tåno ya haftaimanu siña ta fåhna.

"We need to breakdown that "Berlin Wall" that divides us so that we can begin to heal from what others without compassion have forced us into." -B. Punzalan

more info at http://guampedia.com/body-modification-in-ancient-guam/.

Ma tumu i nifenniha nu i pugua na man ngångas, låo esta pagu ti ta tungo' haftaimanu na man labla taiguihi.

Made for the Chamorros who were killed or hurt in the massacres that took place in the village in World War II. It is historical for being one of the first modern memorials that Chamorros created for themselves, in the Chamorro language.