MICRONESIAN JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

ISSN 1449-7336

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor: Samuel McPhetres (Northern Marianas College)

Associate Editors: James M. Vincent (Northern Marianas College) Debra Cabrera (Northern Marianas College) John Furey (Northern Marianas College)

Consulting Editors: Dirk Ballendorf (Micronesian Area Research Center, ) Francis X. Hezel (Micronesian Seminar, FSM) Scott Russell (Humanities Council of the , CNMI)

Editorial Contact: Samuel McPhetres Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences Northern Marianas College P.O. Box 501250 Saipan, MP 96950 United States of America

EDITORIAL POLICY

The views expressed in each articles reflect those of the respective author(s) and do not necessarily express the views of the Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, its editors, or those of Letao Publishing.

Published by Letao Publishing, PO Box 3080, Albury NSW, Australia MICRONESIAN JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Vol. 1, nº 1-2 December 2002

CONTENTS

Editor’s Corner 1

Articles How the West was Really Won: The Navajo Code Talkers’ Contribution to American Victory in the Pacific During the 2nd World War By Mary Ann Q. Lizama 2 Earl Hancock Ellis: A Marine in By Dirk Anthony Ballendorf 9 An Eye for An Ear: The Reversal of Psychic Current in the Bicameral Culture of the Marianas By Bill Bingham 18 Erotic Legends and Narratives in Chuuk, Micronesia By Beatriz Moral 26 Oral Traditions and Archeology: Modeling Village Settlement in , Micronesia By Stephen Wickler 39 Carolinian-Marinas Voyaging—Continuing the Tradition By William Flood 48

Book Reviews Howard P. Willens and Deanne C. Siemer, National Security & Self Determination (reviewed by Sam McPhetres) 57 Samuel F. McPhetres, Self Government & Citizenship in the CNMI (reviewed by Jim Vincent) 59 Penelope Bordallo Hofschneider, A Campaign for Political Rights in the Island of Guam (reviewed by Scott Russell) 60 Michael D Wright. and Lynn Knight, Now for Then: The Marianas Marine Scouts (reviewed by Debra T. Cabrera) 61 Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Aurora Australis. The German Period in the Mariana Islands 1899–1914 (reviewed by Jim Vincent) 63