Navajo Grandma -- Dine' Fundamental Laws (Diné Bi Beenahaz'áanii)

Navajo Grandma shares the Rule of Law and also the Rule of Life called the "Dine' Fundamental Laws (Diné Bi Beenahaz'áanii)" Balance sought between Navajo, Western laws "The fundamental laws are what define the Navajo people. The Holy People, or deities, who handed down the laws, went through certain experiences, developing: virtues and values that teach Navajo people how to live as decent human beings, said Navajo Supreme Court Justice Herb Yazzie. "In our society, it is best that you live by those traditional laws and those virtues and those values because that is not only what defines you but keeps you in harmony with your place in the world, and therefore, it should always come first," Yazzie said." These are immutable laws of life that cannot be changed and were laws of life our ancestors lived by, taught by, ruled by.