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"What is the Northern Marianas giving Uncle Sam, that he doesn't already have? Nothing, except... to be the westernmost frontier."

–Heinz Hofschneider, Former CNMI Speaker of the House


Links to other websites with information about the CNMI's culture, history, and political status:

CNMI Office of the Resident Representative - Official site of the "Res Rep" to Washington, DC - Pete A. Tenorio

The Northern Mariana Islands: A Political-Legal Chronology - By Dan MacMeekin, an attorney with decades of experience in island law and Micronesian affairs

CNMI.net - Good general information on the CNMI community

Marianas Variety - The CNMI's main newspaper

Northern Mariana Islands Council for the Humanities - Local affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Bruce Petty's website - with photos of the CNMI and information about his WWII oral history project

"Lieweila" website - Landlocked Films made this documentary about the history of the Carolinian people in the Northern Marianas

Saipan Tribune Online - News relating to Saipan and the CNMI

The Sun Never Sets on the American Empire - An editorial piece by Storm Bear Williams - who might not have all his facts right, but nevertheless raises some good questions

University of Hawaii Archives TTPI collection - Photos from the era surrounding the CNMI status negotiations, when the Northern Mariana Islands were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.