The Navajo Legal Ceremony: Peacemaking
When I give lectures at conferences on Navajo common law, I frequently receive questions about our peacemaking program. What is it? How does it work? And can it be used by people who are non-Navajo? At the outset, I’ll make it known for those who are unfamiliar that peacemaking is a method that is used to resolve disputes between people. If you read articles on Navajo peacemaking, you’ll come to see that there is no magic to it. The concept is a very simple, yet very effectiv