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Northern Mariana Islands, USA

Northern Mariana Islands has been a Colony of the USA since the end of WWII following the defeat of Japan. More specifically, Northern Mariana Islands was a Colony of Spain from 1521 until 1899 when Spain sold Northern Mariana Islands to Germany, but Northern Mariana Islands became part of Japan following the defeat of Germany in WWI, still, Northern Mariana Islands became part of USA following the defeat of Japan in WWII. However, Northern Mariana Islands was a non-self-governing territory of USA until 1990, while since then, the Northern Mariana Islands has been a colony of the USA under the status of Unincorporated and Commonwealth of the United States namely, Unincorporated Territories are not integral parts of the USA, so each territory has a self-governing that includes the Governor, the Cabinet and Territorial Legislature.

• Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands: Arnold Palacios

• Government of Northern Mariana Islands http://gov.mp/

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• Northern Mariana Islands - BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16931877

• Northern Mariana Islands - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Northern-Mariana-Islands

• Northern Mariana Islands - UNCTAD https://unctadstat.unctad.org/CountryProfile/GeneralProfile/en-GB/580/index.html

Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands

Research Papers and Research Books

• The economic value of the coral reefs of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Beukering, P. V., Haider, W., Wolfs, E., Liu, Y., Leeuw, K. V. D., Longland, M., ... & Wusinich-Mendez, D. (2006). The economic value of the coral reefs of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. United States: National Ocean Service; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.); NOAA Education Council (U.S.)

• Culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy in the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Misco, T. (2018). Culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy in the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 20(2), 81-100.

• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Sablan, C. (2015). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Contemporary Pacific, 27(1), 238-249.

• Soil survey of the islands of Aguijan, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Young, F. J. (1989). Soil survey of the islands of Aguijan, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (No. 47). The Service.

• Re-estimation and synthesis of coral-reef fishery landings in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands since the 1950s suggests the decline of a common Cuetos-Bueno, J., & Houk, P. (2015). Re-estimation and synthesis of coral-reef fishery landings in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands since the 1950s suggests the decline of a common resource. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 25, 179-194.

• Land Law in the Northern Mariana Islands Todd, C. (2023). Land Law in the Northern Mariana Islands. Law Libr. J., 115, 331.

• Elements of social change in the contemporary Northern Mariana Islands McPhetres, S. F. (2020). Elements of social change in the contemporary Northern Mariana Islands. In Social change in the Pacific Islands (pp. 241-263). Routledge.

• Eruption of south Sarigan seamount, Northern Mariana Islands: Insights into hazards from submarine volcanic Eruptions Embley, R. W., Tamura, Y., Merle, S. G., Sato, T., Ishizuka, O., Chadwick Jr, W. W., ... & Stern, R. J. (2014). Eruption of south Sarigan seamount, Northern Mariana Islands: Insights into hazards from submarine volcanic Eruptions. Oceanography, 27(2), 24-31.

• The foundation of island identity: Chamorro maritime practices and resistance in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Mushynsky, J., McKinnon, J., Cabrera, G., & Tudela, H. (2022). The foundation of island identity: Chamorro maritime practices and resistance in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 18(2), 299-312.

• The right of self-government in the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Horey, J. E. (2003). The right of self-government in the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. APLPJ, 4, 180.

• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a fishing community Allen, S. D., & Amesbury, J. R. (2012). Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a fishing community. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-NMFS-PIFSC-36, 8

• Americanised, decolonised, globalised and federalised: The Northern Mariana Islands since 1978 Quimby, F. (2013). Americanised, decolonised, globalised and federalised: The Northern Mariana Islands since 1978. The Journal of Pacific History, 48(4), 464-483.

• Political Relationship between the United States and Pacific Islands Entities: The Path to Self-Government in the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Guam McKibben, L. A. (1990). Political Relationship between the United States and Pacific Islands Entities: The Path to Self-Government in the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Guam, The. Harv. Int'l. LJ, 31, 257.

• Securing nature: Militarism, indigeneity and the environment in the Northern Mariana Islands Arriola, T. (2020). Securing nature: Militarism, indigeneity and the environment in the Northern Mariana Islands. University of California, Los Angeles.

• The submarine flanks of Anatahan Volcano, commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Chadwick Jr, W. W., Embley, R. W., Johnson, P. D., Merle, S. G., Ristau, S., & Bobbitt, A. (2005). The submarine flanks of Anatahan Volcano, commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 146(1-3), 8-25.

Historical Background and Historical Perspective

• The Northern Mariana Islands: A Change in Course Under Its Covenant with the United States Herald, M. (1992). The Northern Mariana Islands: A Change in Course Under Its Covenant with the United States. Or. L. Rev., 71, 127.

• Archaeology in the Northern Mariana Islands: an overview Russell, S., & Fleming, M. (1986). Archaeology in the Northern Mariana Islands: an overview. The Journal of the Polynesian Society, 95(1), 115-126.

• Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands: Constitutional Principles and Innovation in a Pacific Setting Willens, H. P., & Siemer, D. C. (1976). Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands: Constitutional Principles and Innovation in a Pacific Setting, The. Geo. LJ, 65, 1373.

• Maritime history and archaeology of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Carrell, T. (2009). Maritime history and archaeology of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Santa Fe, NM, USA: Ships of Exploration and Discovery Research.

• Volcanic investigations in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana islands, April to May 1994 Sako, M. K. (1995). Volcanic investigations in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana islands, April to May 1994 (Vol. 94, No. 705). US Geological Survey.

• Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands: reconnaissance geological observations during and after the volcanic crisis of spring 1990, and monitoring prior to the May 2003 Rowland, S. K., Lockwood, J. P., Trusdell, F. A., Moore, R. B., Sako, M. K., Koyanagi, R. Y., & Kojima, G. (2005). Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands: reconnaissance geological observations during and after the volcanic crisis of spring 1990, and monitoring prior to the May 2003 eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 146(1-3), 26-59.

• A history of the excluded: Rethinking the sugar industry in the Northern Mariana Islands under Japanese rule Mori, A. (2019). A history of the excluded: Rethinking the sugar industry in the Northern Mariana Islands under Japanese rule. Historische Anthropologie, 27(3), 410-434.

• A Pictorial History of the Northern Mariana Islands Part Ii: The Japanese Era Battaglia, B. (2014). A Pictorial History of the Northern Mariana Islands Part Ii: The Japanese Era. AuthorHouse.