Diné Nihi Keyah Project Indigenous Led Land Use Shifting Away From Hierarchy of roles, laws & custom above from left: historic photo of livestock on a homesite, western agency; present day homesite without livestock in vicinity; cameron chapter meeting; teesto chapter meeting. introduction for nearly a century since the navajo treaty of 1868, the federal government has added to or withdrawn from the reservation land base practically […]. Diné nihi kéyah project this project gathers information in order to map laws and trace them to their origins. the goal is for navajo nation communities to have a whole foundation on which to envision the wellbeing of future generations through practicable reform. content is frequently revised and added with assistance of scholars and students.
Diné Bikéyah Navajo Lands Time Traveler Mapstime Traveler Maps About us the diné nihi kéyah (our land) project is a community based educational effort of indian country grassroots support which is led by retired navajo nation chief justice herb yazzie (2005 2015) and an active board of retired navajo nation justices, judges, and land use planners and advocates. we are further assisted by legal scholars and law interns who help in frequently updating and. Diné nihi keyah (our land) project building on the small trust land user project, the diné nihi kéyah project is a law, history, and traditional practice mapping project to increase knowledge and access to federal and tribal laws, histories, challenges, and possibilities for land use governance on the navajo nation, coordinated by indian country grassroots support. “nihi kéyah” means. The bitsé silei in diné bi beenahaz’áanii is intended as the foundation for all navajo nation laws. meanwhile, the navajo nation courts have long struggled to insert customary principles of diné land use into court decisions concerning the federal land use system of leases and permits. We have two major projects – navajo family voices which is a peer to peer family support project, and the diné nihi keyah project, which is a community education and empowerment project for land use. 90% of our team are diné tribal members of the navajo nation who live in reservation communities.
Intro Hierarchy Of Laws Diné Nihi Kéyah Project Navajo Nation Land The bitsé silei in diné bi beenahaz’áanii is intended as the foundation for all navajo nation laws. meanwhile, the navajo nation courts have long struggled to insert customary principles of diné land use into court decisions concerning the federal land use system of leases and permits. We have two major projects – navajo family voices which is a peer to peer family support project, and the diné nihi keyah project, which is a community education and empowerment project for land use. 90% of our team are diné tribal members of the navajo nation who live in reservation communities. The diné nihi keyah project has tasked our pace university and arizona university law students to break up the massive unnumbered chunks of the online navajo nation code into accessible title sections, and to find, copy and informally index resolutions since 2009 that amend codified laws or enact new laws. This coming thursday sept. 22, the dialog continues with a presentation on the unfolding " diné nihi kéyah project: mapping navajo nation land history, law and custom," which is gathering together information needed by communities on the navajo nation in order to begin envisioning a tribal future, from communities up.
Intro Hierarchy Of Laws Diné Nihi Kéyah Project Navajo Nation Land The diné nihi keyah project has tasked our pace university and arizona university law students to break up the massive unnumbered chunks of the online navajo nation code into accessible title sections, and to find, copy and informally index resolutions since 2009 that amend codified laws or enact new laws. This coming thursday sept. 22, the dialog continues with a presentation on the unfolding " diné nihi kéyah project: mapping navajo nation land history, law and custom," which is gathering together information needed by communities on the navajo nation in order to begin envisioning a tribal future, from communities up.