Tribe: Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation
Section 202 – Powers of Peacemakers. Peacemakers are officers of
the Tribal Court when acting as a Peacemaker and performing the
functions of the Peacemaker Court under these rules, and they
shall have the privileges and immunities of court officers.
Peacemakers shall have the power to: (a) Mediate disputes among persons involved in the
peacemaking process by attempting to get them to agree as to the
nature and scope of the problems affecting them and to agree on
what should be done to resolve those problems;
(b) Use traditional Northern Arapaho culture and other ways
of mediation and community problem-solving;
(c) Instruct or lecture individuals on the traditional
Northern Arapaho teachings relevant to their problem or conduct;
(d) Compel persons involved in a dispute, affected by it,
or in any way connected with it to meet to discuss the problem
being worked on and to participate in all necessary peacemaking
efforts; and
(e) Use any reasonable means to obtain the peaceful,
cooperative and voluntary resolution of a dispute subject to
peacemaking. No force, violence or the violation of rights
secured to individuals by the American Indian Civil Rights Act
will be permitted.
(f) If parties to a dispute agree in writing or orally
before the Tribal Court, a Peacemaker may arbitrate a dispute by
hearing all sides of it and then issuing a decision. Any such
decision will have the effect of a court judgment when submitted
to the Tribal Court for entry as a written judgment. Such
decision may be appealed pursuant to the rules of the Tribal
Court regarding civil appeals. […] Section 204 – Duties of Peacemakers.
(a) Upon notice to an individual of his or her appointment
as a Peacemaker for an individual matter, the Peacemaker shall
notify the Tribal Court of any disqualification or inability to
serve in the matter or acceptance of the appointment. The clerk
of the Tribal Court may be notified in writing or by telephone.
If the Tribal Court is not notified within ten (10) days of the
mailing of the notice, another Peacemaker may be appointed.
(b) The Peacemaker will informally contact the parties to
the dispute and any other persons involved, advise all interested
persons of his or her authority, and make other necessary
arrangements to conduct peacemaking sessions. The Peacemaker may
conduct a reasonable number of sessions in an attempt to achieve
peacemaking, and may conduct peacemaking efforts using procedures
and techniques which are accepted in the community. Where the
parties involved accept or practice a given religious belief,
discipline or following, the accepted methods and teaching of
that religious way may be used.