Impact evaluations in North America are required to examine not only the economic, environmental, and health effects of activities but also their social and cultural impacts. In practice, however, many important social and cultural effects are often neglected as part of court-sponsored negotiations and decisions by government regulators because they are not represented in terms of economic markets, specific to the decision context, or lack standard measures. This omission is especially significant when determining compensation for Indigenous communities due to restrictions placed on their fundamental connection to traditional lands and the negative impacts on language, governance, social systems, and well-being that rely on the maintenance of shared, place-based practices. We propose a comprehensive, multiattribute approach for estimating compensation to Indigenous communities and summarize results from a case-study application in two Indigenous Dene Nations. In a final section we discuss the broader implications of adopting a more accurate depiction of impacts and a consistent, principles-based approach to calculating compensation payments that is more respectful of the losses experienced over time by many Indigenous communities as the result of encroachments onto their traditional territories.

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补偿土著社会和文化损失：基于社区的多属性方法

北美的影响评估不仅要检查活动的经济、环境和健康影响，还要检查其社会和文化影响。然而，在实践中，许多重要的社会和文化影响往往被政府监管机构在法院支持的谈判和决策中忽略，因为它们没有体现在经济市场、特定于决策背景的方面，或者缺乏标准措施。由于土著社区与传统土地的基本联系受到限制，以及依赖于共享的、以地方为基础的实践的维护对语言、治理、社会制度和福祉的负面影响，在确定对土著社区的补偿时，这一遗漏尤为重要. 我们提出一个全面的，估计对土著社区的补偿的多属性方法，并总结了两个土著民族的案例研究应用的结果。在最后一节中，我们讨论了采用更准确的影响描述和一致的、基于原则的方法来计算补偿支付的更广泛的影响，这种方法更尊重许多土著社区随着时间的推移而遭受的损失传统领土。