Please join Speaker Therese M. Terlaje and Lincoln M. Budasi this Friday, March 11, 2022 at UOG CLASS’ 43rd Annual Research Conference for a virtual panel discussion on current burial policy and re-burial monuments.

“Ancient CHamoru burial aftercare: A panel discussion on what practices and procedures should occur after the discovery of ancient CHamoru burials” will engage local leaders and community members in a productive conversation about current burial policy, and generate ideas as to how these policies should look in the future. The panel will focus on Naftan I Mañaina-ta, Tumon Bay burial discoveries (Westin, Nikko, Hyatt, etc.), and Mågua’/ Sabanan Fadang at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz under Joint Regions Marianas as examples of modern re-burial monuments executed under current burial policy.

Si Yu’os Ma’åse’ to our panelists: Ge’helo’ Hope A. Cristobal (Kumision), former State Historic Preservation Officer Lynda B. Aguon, and staff members from the State Historic Preservation Office for agreeing to join the panel. These local leaders will give insight into how decisions regarding current burial policy and the aforementioned modern re-burials were made.

You can register with UOG at https://bit.ly/classarc for the panel’s Zoom link.