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Justice Department: Ramapough Indians' Denial Of Religious Freedom Complaint Should Proceed Justice Department: Ramapough Indians' Denial Of Religious Freedom Complaint Should Proceed
Justice Department: Ramapough Indians' Denial Of Religious Freedom Complaint Should Proceed A denial of religious freedom complaint filed by the Ramapough Mountain Indians against the township of Mahwah is ready to be heard, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. Township officials claimed the Ramapoughs did not “exhaust the variance process at the local level" before filing a federal lawsuit against the township for preventing them from having religious services and educational instruction on 13.5 acres of ceremonial land off Halifax Road -- an area known as “Sweet Water.” The Justice Department disagreed, saying the tribe should be able to proceed with its complaint&…

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