On this island ancestral spirits called Taotaomona are believed to guard the pillars of the house, which are known as Latte Stones. It was once known as the Islands of the Thieves after a skiff was stolen from European travelers in Umatac Bay. It served as the processing center for Operation New Life after the fall of Saigon. Chief Matapang of Tumon murdered the Jesuit Diego de San Vitores in 1672 for baptizing his daughter without permission and sparked a war which nearly exterminated its native population. Governed by a namesake Organic Act passed in 1950, it remains
On this island ancestral spirits called Taotaomona are believed to guard the pillars of the house, which are known as Latte Stones. It was once known as the Islands of the Thieves after a skiff was stolen from European travelers in Umatac Bay. It served as the processing center for Operation New Life after the fall of Saigon. Chief Matapang of Tumon murdered the Jesuit Diego de San Vitores in 1672 for baptizing his daughter without permission and sparked a war which nearly exterminated its native population. Governed by a namesake Organic Act passed in 1950, it remains unincorporated despite a UN mandate. During the Japanese occupation American officer George Tweed evaded capture here for three years, and its capital of Hagatna was heavily damaged during the US reconquest. For 10 points, name this central Pacific territory home to the Chamorro people, the largest of the Mariana islands.
On this island ancestral spirits called Taotaomona are believed to guard the pillars of the house, which are known as Latte Stones.
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