The Chamorro Roots Genealogy Project is now internationally published on the Genealogy — Open Access Journal website.
I am still a novice at this stuff (journals and publications). I look forward to all the productive review and critique.
So many things have happened, so I have a lot to say about this special journey. I know I can be all over the place when it comes to writing about it. I am a life long student willing to learn and share new things. This has been quite an experience.
I want to thank Dr. Vince Diaz for hooking me up on this special call for papers and Dr. Nepia Mahuika for his invaluable assistance.
Dr. Tahu Kukutai and Dr. Nepia Mahuika were the special edition Guest Editors. I am very appreciative of their knowledge, support and recommendations. When I reached out to Dr. Mahuika I felt compelled to inform him that I was not from the academic community. He told me not to worry about it. He responded to the effect that he was Maori first before being a Professor. That resonated well and comforted me, yet still nervous. Recognizing that my essay was not within the academic prose norm, I was elated by their comment that, “it is a powerful example of grass roots indigenous genealogical activism.” I was like wow, I never thought about it in that context.
I also want to thank you all for your encouragement and support. Leveraging this website and social media like FB are powerful collaboration tools.
For sure, I could have never imagined coming this far with the Project. Many lessons learned and certainly more to come.
You can access and download the publication at https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/3/3/38
