Clarification

Posted on Dec 01 2008

Thank you very much for your coverage of the symposium on pre-war Marianas and Palau, conducted in Naha, Okinawa last week. Dr. Long is very hopeful that he will be able to conduct a similar conference on Saipan next year. This conference would focus specifically on the Northern Mariana Islands during the Japanese Mandate years, as well as life in the camps during the war. This will provide an opportunity for many of our man’amko to tell of their experiences and meet with others from Japan, Okinawa and Korea who lived through those same times.

Please note that the copy of History of the Northern Marianas, published by the CNMI Public School System during the tenure of former Commissioners of Education Henry I. Sablan, William Torres and Elizabeth Rechebei, was donated to conference organizer Dr. Daniel Long by current Commissioner of Education Dr. Rita Sablan, not former Commissioner of Education Dr. Rita Inos.

Thank you again for your continued excellent coverage of issues related to NMI history and culture.

[B]Don A. Farrell[/B] [I]Marpo Heights, Tinian[/I]

A biased view of the matter

Aha Moku who?

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