Jensen v. LaMarr

OPINION

This case concerns the dismissal of an appeal on additional grounds of Diñé bi beenahazáanii that preclude review.

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Appellant Priscilla Jean LaMarr timely filed an “Appeal/Relief from Court Order” contesting the Window Rock District Court’s Order Granting [Appellee’s] Petition for a Permanent Injunction. The Order granted declaratory and injunctive relief essentially prohibiting Ms. LaMarr, the decedent’s widow and a non-Indian resident of California, from interfering with ongoing Navajo customary burial arrangements so as to cremate the decedent’s body, which is contrary to Navajo…