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Chamorro
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Cha·mor·ro  (ch-môr, chä-môrr)
n. pl. Chamorro or Cha·mor·ros
1. A member of a people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
2. The Austronesian language of the Chamorros.


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COLONIAL DIS-EASE: US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941.
For example, the Chamorros population of Guam and Rota in the western Pacific have an unusually high prevalence of motor neuron disease, a syndrome that includes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), parkinsonism, and progressive dementia.
The seminar also called upon the United States to work with Guam's Commission on Decolonization to continue to recognize and respect the political rights and the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chamorro people of Guam, and to promote political education for the Chamorros on their right to self-determination.
 
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