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The content of this material refers to dissatisfaction with Navajo Tribal attorney's. Raymond Nakai analyzes the state of Navajo attorney's with regard to their fees and their objectives. Nakai explains the background of the Navajo Tribal Council and how the lack of education finds the council needing someone to trust to inform about legal status and cases. The person that became their legal trust was Norman Littell. He began working for the Navajo Tribe, contracted for $25,000 a year, for five years. After four years he increased his fee. Nakai, listening to the concerns of the Navajo people and the Navajo Tribal Council, felt that Littell was not working in the best interests of the Navajo Nation. Littell would suggest partnerships with private companies without extensive insight, at the same time, planting seeds of distrust for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Nakai became adamant that legal counsel is needed only after Navajo Tribal Council decisions. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Raymond Nakai, a Navajo Indian, was born in 1918 in Lukachukai, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai is noted as being the first modern Navajo political leader serving as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963-1971. As chairman, the issues most important during his tenure were self determination in Navajo Education, reservation unemployment, developing Navajo economy, further development of the tribal government and improving relations with the federal government and surrounding states. Nakai had much unprecedented success as Navajo Tribal Chairman: In 1967 the Navajo Nation Bill of Rights was created, in 1968 Navajo Community College opened being the first tribally controlled community college, the Tribal Scholarship Trust was developed, relations with off reservation natural resource companies began, he was supportive of religious freedom of the Native American Church on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai led an active personal and political life and was an innovative leader for the Navajo People. The Raymond Nakai Collection contains material documenting his activities as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963 - 1971.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Robert Yazzie -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Peacemaking - Marianne O. Nielsen and James W. Zion -- Part 1. The History of Peacemaking -- Commentary on Part 1 - James W. Zion and Marianne O. Nielsen -- 1. The Process of Decision Making in Tribal Courts: A Navajo Jurist's Perspective - Tom Tso -- 2. "Life Comes from It": Navajo Justice Concepts - Robert Yazzie -- Part 2. Peacemaking Concepts and Practices -- Commentary on Part 2 - James W. Zion and Marianne O. Nielsen -- 3. The Navajo Peacemaker Court: Deference to the Old and Accommodation to the New - James W. Zion -- 4. The Dynamics of Navajo Peacemaking: Social Psychology of an American Indian Method of Dispute Resolution - James W. Zion -- 5. When People Act as if They Have No Relatives: Domestic Abuse Cases in the Crownpoint Family Court - James W. Zion -- Part 3. Peacemaking Analyses and Assessments -- Commentary on Part 3 - James W. Zion and Marianne O. Nielsen -- 6. Perceptions of Justice: The Effect of Procedural Justice in Navajo PeacemakingEric Kenneth Gross -- 7. Bil Háí'áázh ("I Am His Brother"): Can Peacemaking Work with Juveniles? - Jon'a F. Meyer -- 8. Navajo Nation Courts and Peacemaking: Restorative Justice Issues - Marianne O. Nielsen -- 9. Hózhôôjí Naat'áanii: The Navajo Justice and Harmony Ceremony -Philmer Bluehouse and James W. Zion -- Part 4. Conclusions -- Commentary on Part 4 - James W. Zion and Marianne O. Nielsen -- 10. Lessons from the Third Sovereign: Indian Tribal Courts - Sandra Day O'Connor -- 11. "Navajo Thinking": Peacemaking Planning and Policy - Robert Yazzie and James W. Zion -- 12. Epilogue and Dream: A Look Backward and Forward - James W. Zion -- Commentary on the Peacemaking Readings - Marianne O. Nielsen and James W. Zion -- Peacemaking Reading List -- Contributors -- Index.

CONTENT: This contains opening remarks by Raymond Nakai, at the Navajo Nation Fair, 1968. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Raymond Nakai, a Navajo Indian, was born in 1918 in Lukachukai, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai is noted as being the first modern Navajo political leader serving as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963-1971. As chairman, the issues most important during his tenure were self determination in Navajo Education, reservation unemployment, developing Navajo economy, further development of the tribal government and improving relations with the federal government and surrounding states. Nakai had much unprecedented success as Navajo Tribal Chairman: In 1967 the Navajo Nation Bill of Rights was created, in 1968 Navajo Community College opened being the first tribally controlled community college, the Tribal Scholarship Trust was developed, relations with off reservation natural resource companies began, he was supportive of religious freedom of the Native American Church on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai led an active personal and political life and was an innovative leader for the Navajo People. The Raymond Nakai Collection contains material documenting his activities as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963 - 1971.

This is a speech given by Raymond Nakai at the Navajo Nation Fair. The speech is given on behalf of visitors to the Navajo tribal fair, informing them about what they might see and experience. Nakai is making sure that visitors know that the Navajo culture is a living culture and that along with tradition, progress in education is also occurring. The Navajo Nation Fair shows a small window of what is happening with the Navajo Nation. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Raymond Nakai, a Navajo Indian, was born in 1918 in Lukachukai, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai is noted as being the first modern Navajo political leader serving as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963-1971. As chairman, the issues most important during his tenure were self determination in Navajo Education, reservation unemployment, developing Navajo economy, further development of the tribal government and improving relations with the federal government and surrounding states. Nakai had much unprecedented success as Navajo Tribal Chairman: In 1967 the Navajo Nation Bill of Rights was created, in 1968 Navajo Community College opened being the first tribally controlled community college, the Tribal Scholarship Trust was developed, relations with off reservation natural resource companies began, he was supportive of religious freedom of the Native American Church on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai led an active personal and political life and was an innovative leader for the Navajo People. The Raymond Nakai Collection contains material documenting his activities as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963 - 1971.

Justice Gorsuch's conservative colleagues now ignore him in Indian cases.

This is a lease agreement between Peabody Coal, the Navajo Generation Station, Salt River Project, Tucson Gas & Electric, Nevada Power Company, Department of Water & Power of the City of Los Angeles and the Navajo Tribe. The lease outlines all major components to be fulfilled by Peabody Coal regarding general business operations, the environmental controls and royalties to the Navajo Nation. Also included in this agreement is testimony signed by the United States Department of the Interior. Documents are signed by Raymond Nakai, Navajo Chairman in 1969, Nelson Damon, Navajo Vice Chairman in 1969, and Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the Interior in 1969. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Raymond Nakai, a Navajo Indian, was born in 1918 in Lukachukai, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai is noted as being the first modern Navajo political leader serving as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963-1971. As chairman, the issues most important during his tenure were self determination in Navajo Education, reservation unemployment, developing Navajo economy, further development of the tribal government and improving relations with the federal government and surrounding states. Nakai had much unprecedented success as Navajo Tribal Chairman: In 1967 the Navajo Nation Bill of Rights was created, in 1968 Navajo Community College opened being the first tribally controlled community college, the Tribal Scholarship Trust was developed, relations with off reservation natural resource companies began, he was supportive of religious freedom of the Native American Church on the Navajo Reservation. Raymond Nakai led an active personal and political life and was an innovative leader for the Navajo People. The Raymond Nakai Collection contains material documenting his activities as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963 - 1971.

The Navajo Nation sued the United States government alleging the government breached its trust obligation over the allocation of water rights in the Colorado River Basin. On remand, the district court denied the Navajo Nation leave to file its third amended complaint for futility, holding that the general trust relationship was insufficient to support the Nation's breach of trust claim.

Introduction changing climates of colonialism -- Every Navajo has an anthro -- Extractive legacies: histories of Diné power -- The rise of energy activism -- Solar power in Klagetoh -- Sovereignty's interdependencies -- Contesting expertise: Public hearings on Desert Rock -- Artifacts of energy futures -- Off-grid in the Chuskas -- Conversions -- Vitalities

In this paper, we explore the underdevelopment of the business sector on the Navajo reservation. We explore why the Navajo reservation continues to be economically depressed and find that formal and informal institutions unique to the reservation create barriers that disincentivize entrepreneurship. Our examination begins by first conducting a literature review on general barriers to entrepreneurship. Second, we conduct an institutional analysis of the Navajo reservation to understand how formal and informal institutions affect potential entrepreneurs. We then use a comparative case study to analyze how the Navajo reservation's institutions affect one town on the reservation compared to a similar town outside the reservation's borders. We conclude there are three main barriers that discourage entrepreneurship. First, a dual bureaucracy and a complicated business license application process disincentivize new business development in the formal economy. Second, the federally held reservation land trust limits how entrepreneurs can access and develop land. Third, the Navajo reservation lacks access to lending opportunities, restricting the capital necessary to start a business. These barriers combine to create a vicious cycle of underdevelopment and poverty.