worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/10.3/forum_wiecko.html Ultimately, this combined ecological and religious subjugation worked its transformative powers on indigenous culture. Hybridization that began a century before came to full realization as the term Chamorro no longer fit the identity of most island inhabitants. Instead, Guamanians were subjects of the Spanish empire who worshiped a Christian god, had mixed parentage, and lived in villages modeled on European aesthetics. They ate round flat breads made from corn meal along with their grilled beef and venison, used Mexican-style ovens and pottery, and largely forgot their intimate connections to the Guam that was.
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