We're working very closely with local authorities to ensure a safe and secure relocation effort.
The relocation efforts, which began in 1871, were challenged in the Supreme Court.
The relocation efforts were not successful, however, as a few residents remained in Harshaw at least into the 1970s.
The projected cost of the relocation effort is $5 million, to be paid by the Federal Government.
But some of the merchants fear that these relocation efforts will end the way all previous efforts have: in failure.
"We recognize its importance to the city's economy," she said, "and we're eager to help them in their relocation efforts."
But some politicians and officials at Baruch fault the state for lagging on the relocation efforts.
Other Indian relocation efforts were going on across the country.
Acculturation and assimilation were the desired outcomes of all relocation efforts.
The area residents resisted the relocation efforts, sometimes retreating into the park boundaries to escape detection.