LEARNING MISSION
The Law Ledger
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D · Draft — not verified Every row cites where the statement comes from. “Changes since 2009” reports only what this project has verified against a named resolution; the honest default for everything else is unknown, because the published Code stops at 2009. Referendum notes describe subjects the proposed constitution’s own table of contents addresses — not legal conclusions about supersession. How we verify →
Need to find a specific law right now? The guided search walks you door by door. This is every law this site cites, in one chart. Four questions per law: where can I learn it, has it changed since the book stopped in 2009, does the November 3 proposed constitution touch its territory, and — the mission part — what can a Diné person do about it now. The to-dos are not homework. Each one is a right the law already gives, sitting unused.
Navajo Nation law
| Law | Learn it | Changed since 2009? | Proposed constitution | What you can do — and why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 N.N.C. §§ 102, 164 Legislative process | Title 2 & 26 lesson | Unverified — published Code current through 2009 | Articles X, XV would establish a new legislative house and process (per the draft’s own table of contents) — Government Reform | Comment on legislation. Proposed resolutions post for public comment on DiBB before passage — how. Why: the process only hears the people who use it. |
| 2 N.N.C. § 221(A) The codification duty | Who Can Read the Law? | Unverified — published Code current through 2009 | Article XV would establish a new legislative house; where the duty lands then is a referendum question | Ask the money question. Codification is already a legal duty — so the ask is a budget line, not a new law: fix #1. Why: a duty without funding is a wish. |
| 2 N.N.C. §§ 223–225 Contracts: bidding, filing, public access | Title 2 & 26 lesson | Unverified — § 225’s public-access language verified verbatim in the published Code (enacted CD-68-89) | Article VIII (Investor Bill of Rights) addresses the business environment’s ground rules | Ask to see a contract. § 225 says access “shall be provided to the public” — any Diné person may ask, today: how. Why: a right nobody exercises might as well not exist. |
| 2 N.N.C. §§ 1601–1606 “Division of Health” | The Seams (Seam 1) · Healthcare Mission | Yes — verified. Rewritten by Resolution CO-50-14 (2014), creating the Department of Health. The published Code still shows the pre-2014 text. | — | Read CO-50-14 yourself — it’s hosted here. Why: this is the clearest proof the published Code misleads, and seeing it once inoculates you everywhere else. |
| 2 N.N.C. §§ 3744–3784 Ethics in Government | Ethics & Rules, explained | Unverified — published Code current through 2009 | Article V (K’é — Duties) addresses duties of all persons | Know before you file. The Right Door guide shows where an ethics complaint goes and what happens next. Why: complaints die from being filed in the wrong door. |
| 2 N.N.C. § 3749 Officials profiting from contracts | Who enforces it | Unverified | — | Check the bid. If an official’s contract wasn’t competitively bid, § 3749 is the section to cite when you ask why. Why: the question is legal to ask and free. |
| 2 N.N.C. § 3767 Retaliation against complaint parties & witnesses | Whistleblowing 101 | Unverified — on the books since 1988 | — | Testify without fear — and cite this if pressured. Why: witnesses who know they’re protected actually show up. |
| 15 N.N.C. § 610(N) NPEA non-retaliation | NPEA & workplace rights · NPEA Mission | Unverified — §§ 601–612 not checked against post-2009 amendments | — | If your case stalls, demand a status in writing. The steps. Why: the Labor Commission publishes nothing, so the only pressure is the party asking. |
| 12 N.N.C. Auditor General | Auditor General 101 | Unverified — access provisions verified as cited | Article XIV (Government Stability) addresses oversight structures | Ask what happened to an audit. Audit reports name findings; follow-through is a budget vote — fix #3. Why: an unread audit protects no one. |
| 10 N.N.C. §§ 106–116 Education Code | The language law · Education Mission | Unverified — enacted 1984 (CN-61-84); post-2009 amendments unchecked | — | Ask whether § 111 is obeyed. Navajo language instruction “shall be made available for all grade levels in all schools serving the Navajo Nation.” Why: nobody publishes whether it is. |
| 26 N.N.C. Local Governance Act | Chapter Government & LGA | Unverified — Title 26 is among the five Titles entirely absent from the published Code despite its table of contents | Article XVIII would reconstitute Chapters as municipal-style entities (per the draft’s table of contents) | Introduce a chapter resolution. How, including a model resolution (PDF). Why: it’s the fastest law-making the people directly control. |
Five Titles — 3, 8, 11, 16, and 26 — are entirely absent from the published Code despite appearing in its own table of contents. Elections law (Title 11 subjects) is among them, and the proposed constitution’s Article XI addresses elections directly. That a voter cannot read the current election law in the published Code, in an election year, is The Basics in one sentence.
Federal law this site cites
| Law | Learn it | What you can do — and why |
|---|---|---|
| P.L. 93-638 Self-determination contracting | 638 vs IHS · the Healthcare Article | Know which of your facilities is 638. Why: it decides who answers your complaint. |
| 31 U.S.C. § 3729 False Claims Act | Who Watches the Money? | Know the whistleblower provision exists. Why: most healthcare fraud recoveries start with one insider. |
| 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (Stark) · § 1320d-6 & 45 CFR 160/164 (HIPAA) | Who Watches the Money? · HIPAA 101 | Know your records rights. Why: HIPAA is the one federal health law that puts a right directly in your hands. |
The landmark court decisions the site cites — Oliphant, Montana, and the rest — live in The Cases That Decided Things; they decide jurisdiction, not statutes, so they keep their own page.
How this ledger stays honest
Every citation on this site is rendered from one registry, and every tooltip carries each law’s status automatically — so when a change is verified against a named resolution, one edit updates every page at once. Until then, the default stands on every citation: the published Code is current only through 2009. That default isn’t a caveat. It’s the finding.
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The mission
Pick one row. Use its right once — ask for the contract, demand the status, read CO-50-14, introduce the resolution, comment on a bill. Then tell us how it went (anonymously) on Participate, so the next person knows which doors open. What Needs to Happen Now →