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Skip to main content Home Library Language VIDEO: EMBRACING CULTURE WITH CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ VIDEO: EMBRACING CULTURE WITH CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ Print Craig Santos Perez—the first Pacific Islander to win a National Book Award in poetry—grew up in Guam in the 1980s. His family, like many in Guam, was bilingual; they spoke English and Chamorro, a language spoken across Guam and the Marianas Islands. When his family moved to California in 1995, Chamorro was one of the first connections to Guam that he lost. Like a lot of things about the Pacific Islands, it’s not widely known in the United States. Perez thinks a lot about loss. In an interview with the Sai Tribune after winning the National Book Award, he talks about the Guam sihek, a species of kingfisher bird that was native to Guam but is now extinct in the wild. The first time Perez saw one was in a zoo in San Francisco. He describes this as an uncanny experience: because of the climate, the bird was no longer able to survive in its homeland, and Perez had met it where he, too, had traveled. The islands themselves, Perez says, are at risk as sea levels rise. The diaspora—a community that’s separated from its geographic origins—is growing, but Perez pushes back against the idea that this means they must lose their culture. Instead, he says this is a reason for the culture to grow stronger. Perez wants to model the resilience and strength he sees in Pacific Island and Guamanian culture. While, of course, he would rather preserve his family’s historical land, he doesn’t see the loss of that land or the need to move away as the loss of culture or identity. Instead, people in a diaspora can know that they come from a rich tradition and a history, and that even if they’re in a new place, they belong. Watch: Now, Perez uses his poetry to protect, share, and celebrate Chamorro and Pacific Islander culture. In this two-minute clip from his National Book Award acceptance speech, Perez reads a poem called "The Pacific Written Tradition," in which he explains why it’s so important for young people to have a sense of cultural belonging and celebrates the traditions of Pacific Island literature. Need help with this video? Click Here Take Away: When people leave their homelands, they don’t lose their identity. They often maintain the traditions and cultures of where they come from, and this helps them retain their identity and sense of belonging in new, often confusing and frustrating places. SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW How many Guam kingfishers are still alive in the wild? Please provide an answer 20,000 8,000 250 The Guam Kingfisher is extinct in the wild. Submit Answers FEATURE TOPIC VIDEO: EMBRACING CULTURE WITH CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ Craig Santos Perez—the first Pacific Islander to win ... read more Current VIDEO: EMBRACING YOURSELF WITH YANYI When Yanyi wrote The Year of Blue Water ... read more VIDEO: EMBRACING NATURE WITH AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL It’s natural to feel like we’re ... read more 1 2 3 × ×