Cases / Protected area / relocation · United States · date not stated
Navajo-Hopi resettlement cost over $300 million, anthropologist says
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
The United States resettled Navajo and Hopi people, and an anthropologist cited by International Rivers says the resettlement cost more than $300 million and left most of those moved worse off. The sources reviewed give no dates, household counts or compensation terms.
What?
Resettlement of Navajo and Hopi people in the United States. International Rivers
Where?
United States, Navajo-Hopi lands
When?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- People moved in the resettlement — Most left worse off, according to the anthropologist cited International Rivers
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Resettlement of residents; the sources reviewed give no further mechanism.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
An anthropologist, quoted through International Rivers, says the Navajo-Hopi resettlement cost more than $300 million and left most of those moved worse off (International Rivers, 2005).
The sources reviewed give no dates, numbers of people moved or compensation terms for the resettlement.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: whether the $300 million figure covers the whole resettlement.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the years of the resettlement, the number of people moved and any compensation paid.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Communities and civil society
- What's wrong with the World Bank's approach to resettlementInternational Rivers · 2005