in the future in different settings.
excavation on
the
lands of American Indians
nuclear waste disposal
in
southwestern
exploration throughout the west.
unquestionably,
Possibilities include coal
and Alaska Natives,
states,
seriously disrupt existing communities,
eventually lead
the current
shale
All such actions would,
might well involve relocation of residents.
of
and oil
to
future rehabitation movements.
rehabitation process
should facilitate
In turn,
(a)
in
greater awareness
the
this could
Hence,
the Marshall
of
and
study
Islands
social,
psychol-
ogical,
and cultural consequences of population displacement,
and
development of quidelines for more effectively managing
>)
relocation and
rehabitation processes when they are necessary
in the future.
Resettlement of Bikini
operation within
base
the proposed
and Enewetak will be
the next five months.
effort requires
and Enewetak people
in full
‘vo develop.a
expeditious
have already experienced
scale
solid data
funding.
Bikini
a great deal of
grief as a result of their original relocation in 1946.
Little
was done then to identify and develop intervention models.
opportunity
now exists
to prevent further hardships
to
The
these
impoverished people by receiving appropriate support to conduct
research
efforts.
Professional. Project Staff
Joseph E.
Human Affairs
Trimble
is
a Research Scientist at
Research Centers.
He holds
a Ph.p,
Psychology from the University of Oklahoma.
Me is
the Battelle
in Social
Wis research cfforts