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This 3 page paper explores the Navajo Peacemaking process by contrasting it with the more adversarial Anglo Saxon approach. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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to resolve the problem. In traditional Native American culture, in contrast, a different approach is now being emphasized more and more frequently. That approach is one that
is rooted in the traditional cultures of these peoples. Consider, for example, the Peacemaking process being employed by the Navajo Nation. The differences in the traditional Restorative Justice
of traditional native peoples like the Navajo and that characterized by mainstream criminal justice often fuel the fires of controversy. Under the Navajo Peacemaking approach the intent is to
teach people "how to live a better life" (Coker, 2006, p. 67). Few non-Natives, however, appreciate the fact that domestic abuse is something that can be more effectively addressed
without separating the abuser and his victim and without imposing criminal penalties. The intent of this paper is to weigh out the pros and the cons of traditional restorative
justice as more and more tribal nations are attempting to return to that method of dispute resolution and to rid themselves of the more adversarial Anglo-American model of dispute resolution.
In cases of domestic abuse the typical approach has been to separate the abuser and his victim and to impose criminal penalties for the abuse. In too many
cases involving traditional native peoples, however, this also means that the victim is separated from the very resources that she needs to depend on to resolve her problems. Restorative
Justice, in a traditional Native American sense, emphasizes peacemaking. It does not focus solely on imposing punishment for the abuse and a disruption of the batterers control of
his victim; it also emphasizes an increase in the victims access to the material and social resources that she needs to better her situation. At the same time this
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