Although conflict happens in all cultures and nations, indigenous nations often have developed their own approaches to conflict resolution, often described as a style of mediation, which have different characteristics from conflict resolution techniques utilized in Western civilization. Many indigenous nations in North America employ this conflict resolution process in their criminal justice systems and frequently refer to these forums for resolving certain conflicts as peacemaking courts.

• Describe what is a peacemaking court.
• Discuss three qualities or characteristics of a peacemaking court.
• Describe how peacemaking courts are different than adversarial courts used in Western civilization.
• Discuss how utilizing peacemaking courts rely upon and utilize the relationship benefits between the parties to the conflict, and possibly their families of the parties as well, to help resolve the conflict between the parties.

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