Navajo Nation

Agreement Signed Between Navajo Nation & San Juan County Utah

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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed a groundbreaking agreement San Juan County Commissioners Tuesday morning. President Shelly and the commissioners entered into a memorandum of agreement focused on planning collaboration to develop land use recommendations for state and federal lands within San Juan County of Utah.

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San Juan County, Utah, & Navajo Nation. (2012). Memorandum of Understanding. (https://www.roundriver.org/wp-content/uploads/pubs/navajo/..., accessed February 28, 2023)

Courts & Peacemaking in the Navajo Nation: A Public Guide

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The history of our judiciary begins in our ancient history. According to the Journey Narrative, the People journeyed through four worlds and, in the course of their journey, came upon many problems both natural and caused by the People, which had to be resolved before the journey continued. The solution begins in a place of chaos, hóóchx̨o’/ anáhóót’i’.  When hóóchx̨o’/anáhóót’i’ is confronted, people may learn there is a choice to leave it.  When harmony, hózh̨̨ó, is self-realized, sustaining it will have clarity and permanent hózh̨̨ó will be self-attainable, hózh̨ǫ́ójí k’ehgo nįná’íldee’ iłhááhodidzaa ná’oodzíí’. In short, the concept of Diné justice is founded on the achievement of sustainable hózh̨̨ó, which is in the People’s own hands, and it is the duty of the judiciary to maximize this responsibility as far as our processes allow...

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Navajo Nation. Courts & Peacemaking in the Navajo Nation: A Public Guide. Navajo Nation. February 23, 2021. Guide. (https://courts.navajo-nsn.gov/publicguide.htm, accessed March 29, 2023)

Navajo Peacemaking Guide

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The concept of peacemaking or Hózhoji K’e Náhóodleel goes back to the beginning of time and is embedded in the journey narrative. In fact, according to the journey narrative, the Holy People journeyed through four worlds. In the course of their journey, they came upon many problems, which were either caused naturally or caused by the Holy People. The problems had to be addressed and resolved before the journey continued. The problems could be addressed by the use of prayers, songs and offerings. These remedies were incorporated into the Diné Traditional Ceremonies. Another way to address the problems was to talk about them in a controlled way. This talking out became the Diné peacemaking process.

The Diné traditional dispute resolution process is the Dine traditional “court of law and equity”. This process is known as Hózhoji nahat’á which can be loosely translated as reparation or mending of controversies through harmony. Diné Peacemaking is an adaptation of the traditional process...

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Navajo Nation. Navajo Peacemaking Guide. Navajo Nation. September 2004. Guide. (http://www.navajocourts.org/Peacemaking/peaceguide.pdf, accessed August 21, 2014)