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DWI Driver Charged In Head-On Oakland Crash That Seriously Injured Mahwah Motorcyclist, 68 DWI Driver Charged In Head-On Oakland Crash That Seriously Injured Mahwah Motorcyclist, 68
DWI Driver Charged In Head-On Oakland Crash That Seriously Injured Mahwah Motorcyclist, 68 Authorities said a Bronx driver was drunk when he cut off a motorcycle and hit it head-on with his sedan in Oakland, seriously injuring the rider -- a 68-year-old Ramapough Lenape Nation member from Mahwah. Jeremiah W. Hayden, 23, turned his 2008 Acura TSX into a driveway from the opposite direction near Jim's Auto on West Oakland Avenue off Route 287, hitting the oncoming 1995 Honda Gold Wing, around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The motorcyclist, a member of the native American Ramapough Lenape Nation tribe, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Cent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Jersey Officially Recognizes Ramapoughs, Powhatan As American Indian Tribes New Jersey Officially Recognizes Ramapoughs, Powhatan As American Indian Tribes
New Jersey Officially Recognizes Ramapoughs, Powhatan As American Indian Tribes State officials announced Monday that they are officially recognizing the Ramapough Mountain Indians as an American Indian tribe since 1980. In a separate settlement, state authorities acknowledged that New Jersey also officially recognizes the Powhatan Renape Nation, from South Jersey, during that same time period. The move allows both tribes to qualify for various federal and state benefits, including “all privileges provided by the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. That means now being able to legally label and sell traditional arts and c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River
Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah firefighters secured several propane tanks Saturday amid concerns that they'd float into the Ramapo River, which supplies water for millions of people in New Jersey and New York. Firefighters moved the tanks after being called to the Split Rock Sweetwater Prayer Camp, west of Route 202 in the Ramapo Mountains, where the recent rain and melted snow raised fears of serious flooding. The area is the first along the Ramapo River in Mahwah that floods -- and, some fear, could someday be washed out completely. The Ramapough Lenape Nation camp, on what is considered a sacre…

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by Jerry DeMarco