ABSTRACT
Human beings must adapt socially and psychologically, as well as physically, to achieve a proper fit with the total environment. When the efficacy of one's culture is thrown into doubt, when the impact overwhelms existing physical, social, or psychological resources, there is the possibility of the loss of identification with one's culture, and ultimately cultural collapse may result. Urban survivors saw any equitable distribution of aid for people of all social groups as a threat to their own position. The reasoning behind the resistance to relocation was based on a sophisticated appreciation of Yungaino social and cultural identity. Socioeconomically, resistance to resettlement in Tligua was adaptive in that Tingua was, in the eyes of the Yungaino leaders, clearly a step away from proven traditional strategies for social and economic stability. The Yungaino leaders were determined to combat this disruptive project at all costs.
