Where and when are they in opposition to each other The example of Guam Robert A Underwood Feb 23 2016 SELF DETERMINATION AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Taotao Tano Spanish conquest ID: 816160
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Are they the sameWhere do they overlapWhere and when are they in opposition to each otherThe example of Guam Robert A. Underwood, Feb. 23, 2016
SELF DETERMINATION AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Slide2Taotao Tano’
Spanish conquest Chamorro people emerge Colonial rule acknowledged who was colonizer and who was colonized
Self determination interrupted
INDIGENOUS LEGACY, COLONIALSM
AND SELF DETERMINATION
Slide3Treaty of Paris- transfer of right of conquest?Acknowledged native inhabitants civil and political rightsCreation of unincorporated territoryNo US citizenshipNaval Government –
through executive orderChamorro opposition and awareness-Kongresson Damot
US EMPIRE- TREATY OF PARIS AND
UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY
Slide4Japanese Occupation and new political rhetoric and awarenessQuest for US citizenshipNew friends and new international climate1946 – Non self governing list placement
Organic Act – recognition of “Guamanian ancestry” WW II AND US CITIZENSHIP
Slide5Participation in Great Society programs of 1960sElective governorship in 1970Elected delegate to Congress in 1972Increased reliance on federal funding and participation as determination of progress
Justified as reward for loyalty in WWII and subsequent militarization and wars
INCREMENTAL PROGRESS/
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Slide6Micronesian political status discussions- Guam loyalty not rewardedGuam Legislature routePresident Ford’s “secret” offerCongressional assertion of authority over processCongress offers Constitution; Executive Role Diminished
FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL STATUS CHANGE
Slide7Guam Constitution campaign reveals fundamentally different approachesUN process “discovered”Creation of Guam Commission on Self-DeterminationGovernor asserts control over processW
ho is the self?
COMMISSION ON SELF-DETERMINATION
Slide8Denial of consent of the governedPerfection of American citizenshipCompletion of Chamorro self-determinationCompeting views of history and strategies for ultimate resolution
Where does this belong- Hagatna, New York, Washington DC
RIGHTS AS AMERICANS OR RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION
Slide9Legal treatment of Guam as a federal entityDeal with concerns as a political transaction rather than a relationshipMove towards de-listingProclaim self-governance exists by redefining it
Deny any claim for exceptional treatment as unconstitutionalCAN GUAM TRUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
Slide10Executive Branch must take the lead- 40+ years of Congressional IneptitudeRecognize that one size does not fit all- all territories are differentDeal with self-determinationPolitical development - provide a third way or a clear route to Statehood
DO THE RIGHT THING
Slide11Self determination must be the basis for a permanent political relationshipIncremental political development is not a substitute for self-determination although it looks like itFederal largesse is not a substitute for self-determinationSelf determination as uniquely defined must be supported by the “administering power”
SELF DETERMINATION AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT