Children who develop strong, caring relationships with all the people and living things around them will be more grounded and ultimately more prepared to function in, and meaningfully contribute to, an increasingly complex society. --Mark Sorensen

Peacemaking the Navajo Way

Peacemaking the Navajo Way

Feb 11, 2017-- Navajos have been using a peacemaking system to resolve conflicts long before contact with Europeans. Built upon K'e, the fundamental idea is to restore relationships and harmony, rather than to assign guilt and punishment, through the use of four foundational values: Respect, Relationship (K'e), Responsibility, and Reverence. Mark Sorensen joined the Navajos as a Phd. student and stayed on for 40 years, teaching school and working to keep this peacemaking system alive in his young Navajo students, teaching them the seven steps to peace developed with Navajo Thomas Walker. He writes about it in detail here. (18684 reads)


Read Full Story
What's your reaction? inspiring fascinating courageous hopeful
Take ActionSee if you can practice some STAR peacemaking, (Service to all Relations) and for more inspiration, here's a film made by 7th and 8th graders about the program. [more]



Quote Bulletin


We are at a turning point towards another reality.
Orland Bishop

Search by keyword: Happiness, Wisdom, Work, Science, Technology, Meditation, Joy, Love, Success, Education, Relationships, Life
Contribute To      
Upcoming Stories      

Subscribe to DailyGood

We've sent daily emails for over 16 years, without any ads. Join a community of 154,497 by entering your email below.

  • Email:
Subscribe Unsubscribe?


Trending DailyGoods Nov 23: Grateful: A Love Song to the World (3,401 reads) Oct 22: Grief as Deep Activism (42,739 reads) Oct 27: The Yellow Umbrella (2,436 reads) Nov 5: Griefhouse (2,343 reads) Oct 24: 17 Life Learnings from 17 Years of the Marginalian (2,193 reads)

More ...