More than 10,000 Navajo and 100 Hopi found themselves on the wrong side of a fence. Those resisting the government relocation have been subject to livestock reduction to levels below sustenance, as well as bans on wood gathering, home repair, and new construction. Wells and springs have been destroyed, forcing people to haul water on unimproved dirt roads. Other means of intimidation include 24 hour surveillance by government agents. The slurry line pumps over one billion gallons of water each year from the aquifer which once fed the springs of Black Mesa.
People can no longer water their crops and livestock.
P.L. 93-531 must be repealed. To Resist Relocation Five Presidents, the Congress, the courts, and the multinational corporations have been unable to uproot the Dineh who resist relocation. The question must be asked. Land is at the center of Dineh religion and life. Traditional Dineh practice their religion as their ancestors have for centuries, performing ceremonies and making prayer offerings at sacred places.