00:02In Guam's glistening waters, indigenous Chamorro sailors are reclaiming an art form once banned
00:09by colonial powers.
00:12Today Guam sits at the centre of a new struggle, as the US military spends billions expanding
00:18its presence here.
00:19Some Chamorros are pushing back, worried they're not in control of their future.
00:24Our people are brainwashed that the military is important to be here.
00:28It's not true.
00:30On the island's northern edge, environmentalists warn military expansion could contaminate
00:36Guam's main water source.
00:37You know, essentially the military build-up here guarantees ecological destruction.
00:42With thousands more troops expected, the local government is worried about housing.
00:4739-year-old mother of four Jessica Lazama says she cannot afford a place to live.
00:52It's very frustrating, heartbreaking, sometimes it just feels helpless.
01:01Even though Guam is an American territory, the people here can't vote for the US president,
01:06and they don't have a say in their own future either.
01:09The Chamorro people are categorically not free.
01:12We also have no meaningful representation in either chamber of the US Congress.
01:21At Guam's first Chamorro Immersion School, students are reviving a language once suppressed
01:26by the US military.
01:28If we protect our families and the teaching of our language and culture within our families,
01:33then nobody can take that away from us.
01:36Trying to protect their own culture as they're drawn into a battle outside their control.
01:43If we protect them, then we are all in the hands of the US and our families to be able
01:48to
01:48run into a battle outside their control.
01:48In this manner, I will be struck by the way from them in the other side of the US.
01:49For a couple of years, I'm tired of pulling things from these people,
01:49I'm tired of pulling things from these people so that I can't overcome these people.
01:49I'm tired of pulling things from these people.
01:49You
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