Mawyer, AlexanderFranquez Garrido, Heather Ann2022-07-052022-07-052022https://hdl.handle.net/10125/102270This thesis explores Chamorro language revitalization and perpetuation in the 21st century. Chamorro is the native language of Taotao Mariånas (people of the Mariåna Islands) and is repetitively claimed to be a dying language. The current state of the Chamorro language directly results from American colonization and their manipulative teachings of English as a superior language. Despite an increase in the usage of English, Chamorros remained resilient in their language creating Chamorro language resources for their people. This thesis documents these vital resources focusing on those resources found within the internet, termed the online space. The online space is a part of our daily lives and Chamorros are utilizing it to perpetuate and revitalize their language. Through an ecological analysis of Chamorro found within websites, blogs, Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, this thesis documents that Chamorro is primarily utilized to educate language seeking learners in hopes of perpetuating the language. Utilizing YouTube as a case study, the Chamorro language is mainly created and consumed for the purpose of education and music. More importantly, this platform revealed language ideologies of Chamorro pride in identity and language as well as agency to perpetuate and learn the Chamorro language in the 21st century.Chamorro languageChamorro (Micronesian people)--Social life and customsOnline social networksThesis