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FINDING THE WAY OF CHUUK - January 29, 2004 Chuukese men, as caught in photographs during the early 20th century, had a fierce visage: stern and unsmiling, almost angry-looking, with earlobes slit and hung with coconut shell rings, hair piled at the top of the head, a wooden comb emerging at a menacing angle. Chuukese, after all, are not the only people in the world who vote on the basis of family ties rather than the merit of candidates. Chuukese sometimes adopt a variant of the same response when they sense that their culture is about to be belittled. archives.pireport.org /archive/2004/January/01-29-ana.htm   (6705 words)

CHUUK: VICTIM OF ITS EGALITARIAN PAST - April 20, 2004 Chuukese provided outstanding leaders for FSM during the first set of political status negotiations and during the early years of the new government. Chuukese in pre-colonial times, after all, had no experience in subordinating the interests of their village to a higher polity, as did most other Micronesians. Chuukese leaders are very reluctant to impose on the general population in any way. archives.pireport.org /archive/2004/April/04-20-ana.htm   (4663 words)

Catholic Church in Micronesia: Chuuk Casasayas and four Chuukese workmen, the small church was set on cement blocks and had an attractive belltower; it cost over 1,000 yen to build and was completed just a few days after a typhoon had ravaged the island. Chuukese boys, too, had been generously entering the seminary for years—at first in the Philippines and then after 1968 in Guam—although all the earlier seminarians left in time. All these ordinations drew enormous gatherings of Chuukese Christians who shared a manifest pride that one of their own people was taking his place in a church office that had once been exclusively held by foreigners. www.micsem.org /pubs/books/catholic/chuuk/index.htm   (18636 words)

Chuuk Constitution Article 04 It is an established principle of Chuukese land tenure, that lineage land is owned by the matrilineal descendants and not by the patrilineal descendants or "afokur." Chipuelong v. The sanction imposed on one who controls and manages the land of a group who does not fairly and according to custom concern himself with the rights of the other members or another member of the group is the censure of the community. A deep water passage through a reef too deep for Chuukese women to engage in their traditional fishing methods is not a tideland. www.fsmlaw.org /chuuk/constitution/article04.htm   (1072 words)

Pacific Service Region - Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia The Chuukese family consists of the father, mother, their offspring, the grandparents, and the first cousins, aunts, and uncles. In the Chuukese culture, one greets an elder by shaking hands or bowing down. Chuukese children are further taught not to talk back to an older person, but to listen and concur. www.prel.org /pacserv/chuuk.asp   (370 words)

Micronesia - Aspects of Chuuk The Chuukese value land so much that fights can occur if there is a dispute over its ownership, even between close relatives. Land is the source of food as well as wealth to the Chuukese. Without the product of the land, the Chuukese would not be able to build boats and make the equipment necessary for fishing. www.janesoceania.com /micronesia_chuuk   (1042 words)

CHUUKESE IDIOMS In the Chuukese culture, family is being define as the extended family. Like many other culture, the father is the head of the household and when he passes away, the first-born male child will take responsibility. The Chuukese language is only one of the many languages that fall under the Austronesian linguistic group. www.ling.hawaii.edu /%7Euhdoc/chuukeseidiom/chuuk.htm   (568 words)

CHUUKESE IDIOMS It is indeed a great honor to have had the opportunity to create this project, the Chuukese Idiom. I would also like to thank the Center of Pacific Island Studies for their generosity and faith that this project could be a successful one. I hope this project, the Chuukese Idiom, is informative, useful, and exciting. www.ling.hawaii.edu /%7Euhdoc/chuukeseidiom/home.htm   (197 words)

Copernicus - Karen's Journal It turned out OK, though, since it allowed us time to learn about the living conditions on Chuuk, FSM flora and fauna, and what life was like for the Chuukese during Japanese occupation. Well, the Chuukese have a law that says that if your pig wanders into someone else's yard, that person can keep it. Estos' father said that when the bombing started, all the Chuukese people ran uphill to some caves that had been tunneled out by the Japanese, similar to the caves we saw yesterday. www.sgcs.edgate.org /ce/discovery/adventure/micro/parents/karen_5.htm   (1573 words)

Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) This report covers the geometric nature and design of canoes, in the context of describing the interrelated nature of the Chuukese personality, social organization, and navigational (particularly sidereal) skills. In Chuukese, exact weights and volumes are difficult to express because of their lack of words equivalent to English weights and measures. This report discusses the Chuukese cosmology and conceptualization of the sky as a roof extending to the outer world, but still enabling outside voyagers to slip into the Chuuk island group (Federated States of Micronesia) primarily from the west. www.ethnomath.org /search/browseResources.asp?type=cultural&id=58   (720 words)

Ethnologue report for Micronesia Lexical similarity 80% to 85% with Chuukese, 83% with Puluwat, 82% with Satawal, 81% with Carolinian, 78% with Woleaian, 72% with Ulithi. Lexical similarity 88% with Satawalese and Carolinian, 83% with Mortlock, 82% with Woleaian, 81% with Chuukese, 72% with Ulithian. Lexical similarity 95% with Carolinian, 88% with Woleaian and Puluwat, 82% with Mortlockese, 79% with Chuukese, 77% with Ulithian. www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Micronesia   (735 words)

8 FSM Intrm. 584-587 Because the Chuuk Constitution provides that Chuukese is the state language, but both Chuukese and English are official languages, a criminal appellant in the Chuuk State Supreme Court has no constitutional right to a transcript in both Chuukese and English. Appellant is deemed to have abandoned this request or at least waived any right he may have had to proceed in Forma Pauperis by his failure to comply with the provisions of Rule 24, supra. Although Appellant is not entitled to proceed in Forma Pauperis, a transcript of the evidence in the Chuukese language was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on March 30, 1996, almost 3 years previously. www.fsmlaw.org /fsm/decisions/vol8/8fsm584_587.htm   (671 words)

PacEd, Vol. 1, #3, Mathematics and Culture Although not much is known about the history of Chuukese mathematics, it appears that Chuukese counting systems we re converted to base 10 under Japanese administration prior to World War II. However, the Chuukese people developed their own ways of measuring things, and these are not systematically taught to the younger generation. It is the older Chuukese people who were once boat and house builders who possess this knowledge. prel.org /products/paced/aug02/ms_counting.htm   (522 words)

Pacific Islands Two were Chuukese, one of whom was nominated for the Economic Development portfolio, the other the long-serving FSM ambassador to Japan. While state-focused politics has always played a role in the larger political arena, this was one of the most blatant examples of it being exercised at the national level. Their complaints then focused on the perception that Chuukese were dominating the national leadership. www.pacificislands.cc /pm112003/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0001   (1513 words)

Guest Log 19   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Si chuu is not a translation of the English language to Chuukese language. Lastly but not least to all you chuukese all I gotta say is, stay true and be proud of who you are. I am from the Chuukese islands, to be more specific, Lukunoch in the outer islands. www.microislands.com /gbook/gbklog19.htm   (3135 words)

Selected Writing Across the Curriculum Institute Works: "The Green Banana"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) While Domingo was gone, Tituse, speaking some Chuukese and some broken English so that I would understand, told me we had a hole in the cooling system so our engine was overheating. I thought this was a little strange since the Chuukese believe that bananas are bad luck on a boat and therefore never travel with bananas, but as I peered out toward the island, sure enough, Domingo was swimming back to the boat with the green bananas in his hand. My brief sojourn with the Chuukese taught me many things, but probably the most important is that the world is full of unexpected green bananas. www2.hawaii.edu /~hewitt/creativewacbanana.htm   (582 words)

About Saramen Chuuk Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Construction of the permanent building of Saramen Chuuk Academy was made possible by funds appropriated by the Chuuk Delegation and the Congress of the Federated State of Micronesia. Saramen Chuuk is indebted to FSM Congress, especially to Speaker Jack Fritz and the rest of the Chuukese Delegation and the support of the FSM President. Finally, the academy seeks to develop mature and intelligent young Chuukese men and women committed to the love of God and their country. www.scadolphins.org /about.htm   (699 words)

FSM Excerpts & Extras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) In furtherhance of the different languages spoken in the FSM, the Constitution recognizes English as the national language for which to allow for better communication among the states and their residents. The main languages, beside English, spoken in the FSM are as follows: Yapese, Ulithian, Woleians, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Polynesians and Kosraean. According to the FSM Human Resource Development Study (aka HRD Studies), FSM is a nation with a relatively young population whereby over fifty percent (50%) are at age zero -to- 25 years of age. www.literacynet.org /micronesia/doe3.html   (530 words)

War in the Pacific NHP: War in Paradise This stone building was constructed before the war and was the main school in Chuuk for Chuukese boys and girls at years 3-5. The Navy and the Chuukese used other docks to the west, but during the bombing, the Navy did use this dock. Chuukese and Japanese were compelled to come here with offerings, and to listen to the priest. www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/wapa/paradise/paradise6a.htm   (491 words)

Xavier High School Home Page The primary goal of this course is to introduce the students, especially the non-Chuukese to the Chuukese community and their culture. There is also hope that in learning the Chuukese language, the students (non-Chuukese) will be able to reflect on the importance of their own respective languages. Recognizing that a strong command of the English language is essential for a student's success at Xavier High School, the teacher of the Sophomore English Skills course should seek to build upon the basic understanding of grammar and composition as established in Freshman English Skills. www.xaviermicronesia.org /academichome.htm   (2147 words)

Peace Corps Online | The House There No More. A Former U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer Returns To Chuuk by John W. Perry At pier's end, sandwiched between the island's mangrove-infested shoreline and forested highland, lay Penia, a tiny Chuukese village where in 1967 I had trained to be a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV). Unlike Gen. MacArthur, who promised the Filipinos in WWII that he would return to liberate their islands, I had never promised the Chuukese of Penia that I would return to visit them and, truthfully, I never expected to return until a magazine travel-writing assignment took me to Chuuk. As news spread through the village that a "Penia trainee" had returned, a crowd of Chuukese gathered to welcome me. "Do you remember me?" asked Betty Becker who in 1967 worked as a young clerk in a one-room store that sold matches, mosquito coils and canned food to the trainees. peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/2629/3402.html   (1344 words)

Micro Despite official statements that education is compulsory in Micronesia, Micronesians interviewed for this article said that that’s not the case. The ESL teacher said that, while alcohol is a problem for a number of high school boys, Micronesian students are less likely than others to use illegal drugs. The largest groups of Micronesians in Hawai‘i are the Chuukese and the Marshallese. www.honoluluweekly.com /archives/coverstory%20%202002/12-11-02%20Micro/12-11-02%20Micro.html   (2687 words)

Guestbook Log12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) last but not least a " ran annim" to all you chuukese that are far away from home, and remember not to think about your " kamwets" back home cuz' that's what's gonna force you to give up everything you are doin'.... C'mon ppl..I know we Chuukese could be inconsiderate sometimes, but we know when to stop...so please just lay off of us Chuukese for a while and we'll get back on our feet. Please please be considerate to the others that do not understand chuukese. www.microislands.com /gbook/gbklog12.htm   (1123 words)

Tanapag Elementary School, Public School System [Saipan Island, CNMI] --->http://go.to/tanapagelementary<--- There has been rapid economic growth and a population change spurred by the growth of tourism and garment industries over the past decade in the CNMI. Today, 55% of our students are either Carolinian or Chuukese or claim cultural or linguistic ties as Chamorlinians (intermarried Chamoros and Carolinian speakers). The majority of our students share a Carolinian or Chuukese cultural heritage which has been reinforced by a constant, small but significant, in-migration of outer-island Carolinians from Chuuk and other former members of the trusteeship to the CNMI and into the Tanapag community. www.saipan.com /edu/tes/history.html   (1204 words)

Chuuk Says NO To Amnesty Bill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Throughout the public hearing on the Amnesty Bill in Chuuk for the Judiciary and Government Operations (JandGO) Committee, a resounding “NO!” echoed from one wall of the Conference Room at the RS Plaza on Weno, Chuuk, to another. But this was no surprise, however, to the many Chuukese voters who came out. Another group of students in the room, by the way, which came with signs and posters opposing the bill were the College of Micronesia-FSM Chuuk Campus's students. www.nopukob.com /fsmnews/chuuk_says_no.htm   (1173 words)

Achievement Awards Chuukese in the same class, and provided further, that the award shall only be given where the highest ranking Chuukese student has a grade point average of. Chuukese student who, upon graduation, is ranked academically highest among all students in his class from all States www.fsmlaw.org /chuuk/code/title20/T20_CH05.htm   (152 words)

Pacific Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) He went on further to say that the Solomon Islands is now "foundering." The same could be said of Chuuk where a lack of competency, talent and integrity have brought about a serious financial crisis that has plagued the state for years. As in the Solomons, "western democratic practice" is no match for the powerful influence of Chuukese culture that permeates all levels of government. Outsiders who have no stake in the land can affect temporary success by imposing their solutions, but only Chuukese can make lasting changes that will ensure a better future for their people. www.pacificislands.cc /pm92003/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0012   (597 words)

history.htm Patience Robinson, an African-American who was living on Saipan, became the first resident from that island to declare her Faith in Baha'u'llah. She was also the first Chuukese to become a Bahá'í. There are currently local Bahá'í Centers on Marine Drive in Dededo, Guam, on the main road in the village of Inarajan, Guam and on Capital Hill in the village of Tanapag on Saipan. bahai.guam.net /history.htm   (1395 words)

Two Different Islands in Micronesia Pohnpeans pronounce the letter "T" as "D" sound in their native language but Chuukese pronounce the letter "L" as "N" sound in their own tongue. In Chuukese families, females can not stand and walk around while their brothers sit in the house or outside. Meaning they don’t bow down or walk on their knees.The people in Pohnpei are more friendly than the people in Chuuk because of their customs. www.comfsm.fm /anthology/Spring2001/cbaker/KastorNaich.htm   (918 words)

The History of the Family--Vol 3 Issue 4 Adoption as a Strategy on a Chuukese Atoll A new look at adoption is made possible with the use of software capable of computing social organization by examining residence, group membership, marriage, and the ownership and transmission of property using the scaffold of kinship. The Chuukese data set collected by the Goodenoughs and Fischer, and later complied by Hyde, permits the study of residence as a means of clarifying population and resource flows, sheds new light on the data temselves, and offers new instight concerning the Fischer-Goodenough residence debate. www.iastate.edu /~quarterly/vol3issue4.html   (825 words)

Chuuk seeks aid in storm's wake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Meeting participants agreed to ask for a $5 donation from every Chuukese in Hawaii, which amounts to about $10,000, Rescue said. Willie Williander, director of the Chuuk Transportation Department, is in Honolulu for medical reasons and sat in on the meeting with his father, the former lieutenant governor of Chuuk. The Salvation Army began distributing food and clothing earlier this week to Chuukese families affected by the typhoon. www.fsmgov.org /press/nw07100a.htm   (390 words)

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