Introduction -- The relocation of low-income rural communities with strong ties to the land. Negative effects of relocation-- Resistance to relocation -- Multidimensional stress -- A history of the land dispute and its effects on local Navajos. Introduction -- Historical background -- The stressful effects of the land dispute on local Navajos -- Relocation and land among the Navajos. Numbers of relocatees and potential relocatees -- The Navajo relationship to the land -- An analysis of 1978 and 1979 interviews with Navajo

relocatees and potential relocatees. Introduction -- Compulsory relocation -- Urban relocatees from the former joint use area -- Rural relocatees -- Potential relocatees -- Conflict and stress in relocatee-host relationships. The structure of relocatee-host relationships -- Analysis of host interviews -- Navajo relocation, bureaucratic complexity, and the Challenge to Navajo autonomy. Introduction -- Institutional lnadequacies -- Institutional inconsistencies -- Formation of new institutions -- Negative implications for the Navajo tribal government -- The excessive financial costs of relocation -- Options for future congressional action. Introduction -- Priority number one : former joint use area development -- Carrying out public law -- As currently written -- Amending public law 93—531 -- Repeal of public law 93—531 -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Institutional affiliations and names of officials and scholars contacted by the research team -- Appendix 2. Classification of interview respondents / John Williamson -- Appendix 3. Excerpts from selected interviews with urban and rural relocatees and potential relocatees -- Appendix 4. A multivariate approach to adjustment to relocation / David F. Aberle -- Appendix 5. Methodological annex / David F. Aberie and Thayer Scudder, with the assistance of Joseph Jorgensen.