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The Rise of a New Program at the Palau Community College OMESUBEL A KLECHIBELAU: THE RISE OF A NEW PROGRAM AT THE PALAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES MAY 2010 By Edelene O. Uriarte Thesis Committee: Terence A. Wesley-Smith, Chairperson Tarcisius Kabutaulaka David Hanlon We certify that we have read this thesis and that, in our opinion, it is satisfactory in scope and quality as a thesis for the degree ofMaster ofArts in Pacific Islands Studies. THESIS COMMITTEE Chairperson ii © 2010, Edelene Osedil Uriarte iii This is dedicated to my grandmother, Balii Tellei. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Words cannot express how much gratitude I have for my father, Jesus. Father, I will always try my best to listen... To my grandmother, Balii Tellei. Ke kmal mlo mesaul el cholisechakl er a ngak a rokui el modengei. Edil, tial babier a mora kau leng kmal mle klou a rengum ellorael e rangak. To my mother, Elena Tellei. Thank you for always putting me fIrst in your life. You have the patience and the heart ofa thousand people. To my father, Adalbert Eledui. Thank you for setting an example for me to follow. To the love ofmy life, Keola Kim Diaz. Thank you for your love, your friendship, and your unending support. You will always be my Pooh Bear. To my family and mentors in Guam and the Philippines. Thank you for keeping me close to your heart though I am always far away. To all my relatives from Belau: Dilmowais Tellei, Londa Tellei and family, Gloyd Tellei and family, Smmy Worswick, Maclain Worswick, Malei Tellei, Chipper Tellei and family, Aida Tellei and family, Clayson Tellei, Ziola King and family, Rayson King and family, Ingrid King and family, Shiela and family, Dina and Kimo Ngirmekur, Adora Nobuo, Allins Nobuo, Delora Nobuo, Sherwin Nobuo and family, Sebastian Ruluked, Billy Takamine, Terrepkul Ngiraingas, and all the wonderful Uncles, Aunties, and cousins I have from Belau. Thank you for sharing with me some ofthe most memorable moments ofmy life. To my brother, Gloyd Tellei: You have become the example that all ofus cousins would hope to one day follow. v To all my friends from Palau, Hawaii, the Pan Pacific Club, the Volleyball Club, the Tennis Club, Peter and the Belau Dance Club. Thank you for your companionship, night outs, and life stories; You gave me strength to push through knowing I wasn't alone in my endeavors: Lourdes Materne, Richard Salvador, Joe Tutii Chilton, Canisius Filibert, Allison Masami and family, Leticia Sisior and family, Dan Bechab, Teru Okata and family, Namu Marbou, Emma Kirk, Spencer Michael, Anthony, Fiona Walter and family, Eric Eberdong, Banty and Mer!. (Belau). Tracy Del Rosario, James Arriola, Auntie Rita and family (CNMI). Tony Siamomua, Sia Achica, Mel Malele, Brian Alofaituli, Tafea Polamalu and Litia Brighouse (Samoa). Tammy Tabe and Tarcisius Kabutaulaka and family (Solomon Islands). Paulina Yorupi (Chuuk). Takena Redfern (Kiribati). Ponipate Rokolekutu, Nikola Komailevuka, Stephanie Robinson, and Titilia Barbour (Fiji). Julian Aguon and James Viemes (Guam). Uakea Sasaki and family, Genai Uilani Keliikuli, Dumlao family, Elijah Kawika James, Tom, Kim, and the Talceshita family. (Hawai'i). Marata Tamaira (Aotearoa). Lucas Manduru, Patrick Kaiku and Evelyn Pusal (papua New Guinea). Aska Hirabe and Junko Nishida (Japan). Joe Brider (Cook Islands). Dora Dee Wilson (Vanuatu). Jessica Garlock-Tuialii, Chai Blair- Stahn, Azeema and Kuhio (US). Belau PMA Club: Omally Ngirachitei, Tau'0 Ngirmeriil, Ebil Matsutaro, Fonteyn Mechedei Melaitau, Oscar Mengeraur, Arnice Yuji, Melusch Ueki, Techur Johannes, Angeline Johannes, Reagan Belechl, Tmetuchl Baules, Omdi Marino, Matthias Oldias, Erbai Matsutaro, Obichang Oto, and Higgins Ngiraiwet. Thank you to my cousins Glenda Tau'o Ngirmeriil and Dirraiwong Omaliy Ngirachitei for helping me translate the Belau Creation Story. To Lourdes Mateme: Thank you for being a mentor and a best friend. vi To James Arriola: There will always be a place in my heart for you, my brother. To the Palau Community College: Much thanks and appreciation to President Patrick Tellei, Dean Merencia Edward, Registrar and Records office, Dean Willy Wally, Dean Alvina Timarong, and all the PCC students who participated in the survey questionnaire. I have so much respect and thanks to all the Palauan individuals who shared with me their knowledge. The knowledge I received from you is invaluable and has contributed in one way or another to my thesis: Hermana Ramarui, Margo Vitarelli, Steve Umetaro, William Tabelual, Takeo Ngirmekur, Masa-Aki Emesiochl, Masaharu Tmodrang, Debbie Tkel Sbal, Kathy Kesolei, Tina Rechucher, Hamo Wilter, Yosko Ngiratumerang, Wataru Elbelau, Felicia Emiko Salii, Demei Otobed, Ongukl Aise, Floriano Felix, Saburo Anastacio, Romana Anastacio, August Ngirameketii, Mario Katosang, Renguul KlouIechad, Aichi Kumangai, Francis Matsutaro, and Serelina Ridep. To the Micronesian Community Network, Belau Mei, Pacific Island Report, Palau National Scholarship Office, and the Office ofLanguage Access: Thank you for your confidence and trust in me. To my Committee - Terence Wesley-Smith, Karen Peacock, David Hanlon, and Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Thank you for your constructive criticism, encouragement, patience, guidance, and most ofall, for believing in me. Also, much thanks and appreciation to Vilsoni Hereniko, Lola-Quan Bautista, Coco Needham, the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the Hawaiian and Pacific Collection. And finally, to all ofthose I might have missed, thank you for all your help and support. vii ABSTRACT Omesubel A Klechibelau: The Rise ofa New Program at the Palau Community College (PCC) explores the idea to have an established Palauan Studies program at the community college in Palau. Palau as a self-governing nation has been shaped by past colonial histories more particularly the US. This thesis seeks to highlight questions of Palauan identity, dependency, self-sufficiency, decolonization and cultural preservation. Research into PCC's history, curriculum, and the student enrollment status as well as the results ofa student questionnaire supports the notion to establish a Palauan Studies program. The Palauan worldview is accentuated through a proposed curriculum and examples ofcourse instruction independent ofwestern philosophies and concepts. As a decolonizing process, the Palauan Studies program, situated within an educational system highly influenced and dominated by western concepts, is undergoing a similar process faced by many other island nations in the wider Pacific. From similar experiences in Oceania, the Palauan Studies program draws on broader regional themes concerning culture and education. viii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements " v Abstract viii List ofTables x List ofCharts xi List ofIllustrations xii Preface xiii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Purpose ofthe Study 1 Background ofProject 2 Conceptual Framework 4 History ofthe CUlTent Palauan Studies in Palau 11 PaIauan Studies Curriculum 13 Challenges ofthe Research 16 Chapter 2: Layers ofColonial History and the Malcings ofForeign Education 21 Colonial History 22 Colonial Influence on Education 23 US History and Education in Palau .31 Chapter 3: The History ofthe Palau Community College .48 Listing ofCultural Courses in PCC 51 Continuing Education (CE) 54 Chapter 4: PCC 2006 to 2008 61 Chapter 5: PCC Student Survey Questionnaire 71 Chapter 6: Hawaiian Studies and Palauan Studies 80 Hawaiian Studies Curriculum 80 PCC's Palauan Studies Curriculum 95 My Version ofthe Palauan Studies Curriculum 96 Chapter 7: The Belau Creation Stories 98 Conclusion: Final Thoughts 106 Appendix A: PCC Student Survey Questionnaire Ill Appendix B: Registrar and Records Questions and Answers 112 Appendix C: Influential Members ofPCC 114 Appendix D: Graph ofBelau Creation Story 116 Appendix E: Belau Creation Stories , '" 117 Bibliography 139 ix LIST OF TABLES Table Page 5.1 PCC Enrollment and Drop-out Rates 62 5.2 Spring 2006 Cultural Courses 64 5.3 Fall 2006 Cultural Courses 65 5.4 Spring 2007 Cultural Courses 65 5.5 Fal12007 Cultural Courses 65 5.6 Spring 2008 Cultural Courses 66 5.7 Fall 2008 Cultural Courses : 66 5.8 Spring 2008 PCC Programs 68 5.9 Fall 2008 PCC Programs 69 6.1 Ede's Version ofthe Palauan Studies Curriculum 96 x LIST OF MAPS AND CHARTS Figure Page 1. Palau on Map 19 2. Map and Geographical Data ofPalau 20 3. Enrollment and Drop-out Chart 62 4. PCC Student Population 71 5. PCC Survey Question 1 72 6. PCC Survey Question 2 72 7. PCC Survey Question 3 73 8. PCC Survey Question 4 74 9. PCC Survey QuestionS 75 10. PCC Survey Question 6 75 11. PCC Survey Question 7 76 12. PCC Survey Question 8 77 13. PCC Survey Question 9 78 14. PCC Survey Question 10 79 15. Graph ofBelau Creation Story 116 xi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. The Dragonfly xiii 2. The Burning ofUab 117 3. First ChiefofNgeaur 119 4. Second ChiefofNgeaur 119 5. Third ChiefofNgeaur : 119 6. Fourth ChiefofNgeaur 119 7. Dirramelkotk in the Fish Trap 119 8. Iluochel and the Taro Patch '" 121 9. Natural Birth 123 10. The Breadfruit Tree 124 11. The Fish Bai 125 12. Ngiselchacheos and the Demi-gods 127 13. The Seven Messengers 128 14. The Flood 129 15. Miladeldil's Children 130 16. Orachel and His Snake Mother 133 17. The Purchase ofa Bai 134 18. Orachel and the Lime 136 19. The Palauan Money 137 20. The Island ofNgcheangel 138 xii PREFACE My grandmother sang a lullaby as she stroked my hair. We both fell asleep on the bamboo laid floor underneath a thatched roofsummer house. Every day right after lunch, she would sing the same song over and over again. Although I wanted to stay awake and play with the other kids, I knew there was no escaping my afternoon naps and so I would close my eyes and listen to her voice as my mind and body surrendered to her soothing lullaby: Chemaiong, chemaiol1g, chemaiong eramekesong Msisichau eJorkedau era bebuJa oJumud Lel1g diaka chiuesem Meliliuta osebekem As a child I never thought much about the song or the message I would later discover it holds.
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