The American Presidency

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.03.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction:
  2. Rationale:
  3. Importance of a Government:
  4. Learning Objectives:
  5. Demographics:
  6. Chronological Culture:
  7. Kit Carson –Destroy and Conquer Campaign
  8. Treaty of 1968:
  9. Western Influence on the Dine:
  10. Navajo Tribal Code vs. Navajo Constitution
  11. Navajo Tribal Code vs. Constitution:
  12. Limits to Dine Government Power:
  13. Executive Branch of Dine Nation:
  14. Rules Before the Constitution:
  15. The Founders and the United States Constitution:
  16. A Call for a Convention:
  17. Success of the Convention:
  18. Commander in Chief:
  19. Collaborative Learning Activities:
  20. Essential Questions:
  21. Endnotes
  22. Works Cited

Naataanii'

Lucille Mitchell-Gagnon

Published September 2012

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Western Influence on the Dine:

The current Navajo government in Window Rock, Arizona is a fallacy and cannot be considered truly, Navajo. The government is a Western institution with traditional influences. These traditional influences seem to cover-up the true nature of Navajo politics. They also console to the Navajo people that their institution is original and unique. Dine Bizaad, the Navajo language is frequently used in committee and council meetings. Specific terms expressed in the Navajo Nation Code does not impend the Navajo's use of the Robert's Rules of Order of tradition, "talking things out" in formal meetings. The three branch presidential system has little resemblance to our traditional community centered local governments of the past. The Navajo Nation praises itself to be the most complicated tribal government in the United States, and the end result of 140 years of U.S. occupation.

The United States has historically demonstrated against indigenous people in America which shaped the social and political environment that the Navajo struggled against. In many ways the United States style of government was created in order to civilize the indigenous people. A government created without the consent of the Dine People.

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