Tribe: Navajo Nation
§ 411. Responsibility and authority
The Navajo Nation Peacemaking Program shall have the authority and power
to undertake the following functions and duties:
A. To conform the procedures of Hózh==jí Naat’áanii to traditional
Hózh==jí Naat’áanii concepts, including K’é, clanship, and other principles of
Navajo culture, traditions, and other Navajo accepted beliefs, establish
standards and procedures for that process, and otherwise develop standards,
principles, and procedures for the development of Hózh==jí Naat’áanii in
accordance with Navajo culture, traditions, and other Navajo accepted beliefs
and the laws of the Navajo Nation.
B. To maintain a list of peacemakers and provide technical support to
peacemakers to facilitate the conduct of peacemaking.
C. To periodically evaluate the techniques of peacemakers and the
peacemaking process.
D. To authorize peacemakers to enter into funding agreements with the
Judicial Branch for mileage and training.
E. To perform such other functions and duties that are in accordance with
Navajo Nation law and purposes of the Navajo Nation Peacemaking Program and
that will promote the practice of peacemaking.