Begay v. United States

OPINION

LYDON, Judge:

In these two consolidated cases, plaintiffs, members of the Navajo Tribe of Indians, seek to recover damages growing out of their relocation from their home sites in 1979, pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, Pub.L. No. 93-531, codified, as amended, at 25 U.S.C. § 640d et seq. (1982) (the Act or the Relocation Act). The damages plaintiffs seek are based on the social, cultural, economic and psychological harms they allegedly suffered as a result of their relocation. Defendant has filed a Motion to Dismiss the consolidated complaints, or in the alternative a…