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• Title:Navajo courts and Navajo common law : a tradition of tribal self-governance / Raymond D. Austin ; foreword by Robert A. Williams, Jr.
  
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• Author/Creator:Austin, Raymond Darrel.
  
• Published/Created:Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF8228.N3 A95 2009 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 Lost - 10-16-2016
    

  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF8228.N3 A85 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Navajo courts.
  Navajo law.
  Navajo Indians--Social life and customs.
  
• Description:xxiv, 268 p. ; 22 cm.
  
• Series:Indigenous Americas.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  
• ISBN:9780816665358 (hc : alk. paper)
  0816665354 (hc : alk. paper)
  9780816665365 (pb : alk. paper)
  0816665362 (pb : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword: The Tribal Law Revolution in Indian Country Today / Robert A. Williams, Jr.
  Introduction. Modern Issues, Ancient Traditions: Going Back to Fundamental Values
  1. Navajo Nation Court System
  2. Foundational Dine Law Principles
  3. Hozhq (Peace, Harmony, and Balance)
  4. K'e (Kinship Unity through Positive Values)
  5. K'ei (Descent, Clanship, and Kinship)
  Conclusion: Law Is the Product of Human Experience
  Glossary of Navajo Words and Kinship Terms
  Index to Navajo Nation Court Cases, Council Resolutions, and Statutes.