Robert Yazzie is the Chief Justice emeritus of The Navajo Nation Supreme Court. He has travelled worldwide speaking and presenting on Navajo traditional concepts and methods of justice.

He was theChief Justice of the Navajo Nation from 1992 through 2003. He practiced law in theNavajo Nation for 16 years, and he was a district judge for eight years. He has aBachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College of Ohio and a juris doctor degree from theUniversity of New Mexico School of Law. He is currently the Director of Diné PolicyInstitute of Diné College (Navajo Nation), developing policy using authentic Navajothinking.

He is a member of the Navajo Nation Bar Association. He is the author of articles andbook chapters on many subjects, including Navajo peacemaking, traditional Indian law,and international human rights law. He is a visiting professor at the University of NewMexico School of Law, an adjunct professor of the Department of Criminal Justice ofNorthern Arizona University and a visiting member of the faculty of the National JudicialCollege. He recently taught Navajo law at the Crownpoint Institute of Technology. ChiefJustice Yazzie continues a career devoted to education in formal participation infaculties, lectures and discussions of traditional indigenous law at various venuesthroughout the world. He has a global audience and he has frequently visited foreignlands to share his wisdom about traditional indigenous justice and governance.

令人尊敬的 ROBERT  YAZZIE
納瓦霍部族的終審法院首席榮譽大法官
Diné學院，執行董事
法學博士，美國新墨西哥大學