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More skeletal remains were unearthed during ongoing military construction over the past four to five days, according to acting State Historic Preservation Officer Carlotta Leon Guerrero.

Some 3,000 sets of human skeletal remains under the stewardship of the Guam State Historic Preservation Office, some unearthed around 100 years ago, are still awaiting a final resting place.

Indigenous residents are fighting to save their island’s heritage, while the military refuses to release key information about what it is razing.

The Guam Museum is seeking more information about the families who lived around Magua’, the site of construction for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, during World War II.

Members of the Guam Legislature on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with officials from Joint Region Marianas on the status of human remains and historic properties uncovered during military construction

After many years of waiting, a sacred burial ground for the re-internment of ancestral remains found on Guam might transition from plan to reality if legislation that received public hearing

Human remains were found at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz and the Skaggs Urban Combat Training Complex at Andersen South between Monday and Wednesday.

Marines from Okinawa are still expected to relocate to Guam by 2025. No new updates have yet on the 12 ancient burial sites found in Camp Blaz.

Preservation officer Patrick Lujan stated that his office is extremely under-staffed.

Unknown timeline for amending buildup agreement By Anumita Kaur The Preservation Office said that it still plans to review, and potentially amend, the agreement between the government of Guam and the military that dictates historic preservation efforts during the Marine Corps buildup, although it’s unclear when this will happen or the scope of changes. “We’re still looking into it. Since I’ve been back, I haven’t had a sit down with the (attorney general’s) office yet, and that’s ...