https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m Sources include multimedia sources from unit and https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/06/01/mahwahletter-relationship-between-mahwah-and-ramapough-lenape-nation/360166001/ en-us 2022-07-04 21:02:42 UTC 2025-10-13 16:31:31 UTC hello@padlet.com djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696438 March 29 through April 20-17 summonses were issuedd to the Ramapoughs. Ten summonses per day were issued by the Mahwah Municipal Court everyday.]]> 2022-07-04 21:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696438 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696458 December 13, 2015-First summonses issued against the Ramapoughs for not getting the right permits and permissions for constructing structures such as 15-ft talle tepees, tents, totem poles, and a cooking pavilion. These structures were cosntructed in protest to the Pilgrim Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline.]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696458 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696464 November 2016-Superior Court Judge Roy F. McGeady ruled that the Ramapoughs violated local zoning laws and must pay $13,000 fines. Simultaneously, he permitted the Ramapoughs to continue to use the site for religious purposes and have their tents there.]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696464 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696473 December 2016-A Superior Court judge denied an injunction by the Ramapo Hunt & Polo Club Association against the Ramapoughs. The club tried to stop them from holdding religious practices on the property near their club.]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696473 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696484 Early 2016-Ramapoughs refuse to sign a settlement agreement with Mahwah concerning religious structures and activities; the Ramapough continue to hold prayers and ceremonies.]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696484 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696560 The township had claimed that the practices of the Ramapough caused negative impacts on their neighbors' quality of life and it created problems with health and safety. An example includes the noise complaint, and the smoke, air, and water pollution from the Ramapo Hunt & Polo Club Association.]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696560 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696567 Another example includes the structures such as the tepees, totem poles, and cooking pavilions. The cooking pavilions could be fire hazards and the tepees and totem poles couldd be unstable.]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696567 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696644 The Ramapough Lenape Nation(RLN) actually helps out the community. In 2002, the RLN and US Fish & Wildlife completed a Habitat Restoration Project where they created a riparian area, resulting in a beautiful wildlife habitat. ]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696644 djohn021_1 https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696654 If the tepees, tents, totem poles, and cooking pavilions were such as hazardd, it would dha ve hurt someonne andd nobody woul dbe coming to visit and live int he tepees. Additionally, it is easy to put up and take down, much like a normal camping tent which has no requirements.]]> 2022-07-04 21:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/djohn021_1/v2q6fyhgn10rsy7m/wish/2236696654