(Every week or so the Guam Museum will be sharing something in the CHamoru language about our history, culture and folklore. This week we’ll read a message from the CHamoru activist group Organization of People for Indigenous Rights (OPIR) which published this as a message for Liberation Days in local newspapers in the 1980s)
Kao Magåhet na Manlibre Hit?
I magåhet na linibre siempre u fåtto giya Hita komo gaige i destinu-ta gi kannai-ta.
Desde ki ma tutuhun i kinalamten gubetno giya Guahan, tåya’ na i propiu taotao tano’-ñiha.
Este na direcho ma rekonisa gi palu siha na isla gi oriyå-ta, lao yanggen tumachu put i direcho-ña komo Chamorro, meggai biahi di ma despresia.
In hengge na gaige i direcho put i destinun Guahan gi kannai ayu siha i hagas ha’ manmanchomma’ gi direchon pulitikat guini.
Este ki ma rekonisa yan ma praktika i direchon Chamorro put estao pulitikat, tåya’ kabåles linibre.