Socio-political and moral issues concerning land rights of two Pacific island indigenous cultures

Abstract

This paper focuses on bioethical issues related to the land rights of two Pacific Island indigenous cultures from the Guam and Bikini islands. It is based on the author's field experiences, documented public facts about these situations, and the experiences of the Guamanian (Chamorro) and Bikini people. The data for this paper was gleaned from extensive interviews with cultural informants living on Guam, as well as with the descendants of the original people who were forced to migrate from Bikini Atoll.

Keywords:

• bioethics
• Micronesia
• indigenous cultures