This 2017 Refaluwasch Pápáál Maram (Refaluwasch Lunar Calendar) features the contributions and advice of the Refaluwasch Lunar Calendar Committee. The calendar highlights traditional fishing and conservation practices of the Refaluwasch, who along with the Chamorro, are the indigenous people of the Mariana Archipelago (Guam and the CNMI). The first Refaluwasch to settle in the Mariana Islands came from Satawal and Elato around 1815 or 1816. There have been subsequent migrations from all of the islands of the Central Caroline Islands. Refaluwasch is an official language of the CNMI along with English and Chamorro. This year's calendar features local student art on the theme of “Fishing and Farming to the Cycles of the Moon and Seasons.”
