From the Navajo-Hopi Observer:
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Last Thursday, the 21st Navajo Nation Council tabled a measure that would have repealed the Diné Fundamental Laws – a codified set of laws based on centuries-old Navajo traditional values and customs. The measure was tabled until the fall session with a vote of 48-21.
Council Delegate Raymond Joe (Tachee/Blue Gap/Whippoorwill) introduced the measure during the final day of the council’s summer session. He and others cited that these laws, which are primarily meant to govern the upbringing of Navajo youth and promote balance and harmony among Navajo people, are being abused and misinterpreted by Navajo lawmakers in order to promote their own political agendas.
The laws, codified in 2002, provide no guidance on how they should be used or applied.
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