Ownership of ancestral site returned to Ramapough Lenape

[@pcdm43145]

I'm glad to hear they got it back. It's about damn time.

[@ripwednesdayadams]

So grateful for this victory.

[@demetriohowland4896]

This is great to hear! Hopefully we see MUCH more of this!

[@kikid10detrolio85]

They should not have properly taxes , its should be considered a reserve

[@Maxkahsen]

Figure out taxes???? Really?

[@supaspy]

OMG THANK YOU 🙏

[@supaspy]

This is so beautiful so important thank you so muc. I hope this helps is a ripple on the earth. TY

[@cm8291]

Im glad they got their land back. They will care for it and wont let some realestate land grabber get it just to stamp down housing and leave . More land needs to be free of structures empeding the soil. The soil cools the earth

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

❤

[@phillyrocks3847]

Yes, asphalt and concrete leads to global warming.

[@Anjuli72]

About time!

[@RedRiverMan]

why should the first nations of this country have to fight in the colonial court for rights to lands to which they have belonged since before the settlers came? and the US preaches to other countries about human rights abuses. smh.

[@afranklin3963]

This is long coming, may they live in peace. Hope they can preserve more land up there - without taxation, this country owes them for all the wrongs that have been done.

[@KarenCoy-oi2wo]

This was long overdue, but why try to tax Indigenous people for land that is their own, that has no "improvement" on it. In fact, the government should pay a fine for keeping it from them to use as they had always used it. It is sacred land, hence the turte effigy that is there. The effigy denotes that this land was used to hold ceremonies, that's why people went there to pray. The fact that no more than two people could pray there at one time to keep them from having religious/spiritual ceremonies. Imagine that, people that left Europe for religious persecution, better opportunities to escape tyrrany and poverty come to a land and terrorize the Indigenous people that welcomed them and help them to survive. Now they want to tax the original people of this land $85k every year.

[@prayersuptoGod1.]

Thank you for speaking up this is not fair to my ppl at all. They should be sued and held accountable. 💔

[@phillyrocks3847]

If you want to blow your mind look for porrable rock art the next time you are on a hike. Ancient peoples have been carving animals and people on rocks for over 3 million years. Look for oddly shaped rocks that stand out from the rest. Hold them at arms length and look for faces. Eyes, noses, mouths, and ears. I have a mini rock zoo with bears, primates, lions, sharks ,birds, and dogs. When you find human faces, they are always Native American. Once you see them, you can not unsee them. Finding these rocks has changed my life.

[@kikid10detrolio85]

So glad to see this land go back to them and Mawah needs to stop. They can have as many as they want praying on THEIR land . I hope to get invited one day

[@michaelmarchese3567]

Industry, finance and the false law have destroyed New Jersey. The people are divorced from nature and it's so terrible that things have developed this way. I hope we can get on a better track.

[@yagua0500]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏽

[@user-ux8hg8bk3e]

Waste of money!

[@lulumoon6942]

So many Eastern Tribes have been erased, glad to see a small victory for the Ramapo Lenape! ❤️🙏💞🪶

[@user-ux8hg8bk3e]

They erased themselves, and these people would fight other tribe members to the death before any European came ashore.

[@sarban1653]

They're Pretendians in this case. Ramapo being legit natives is bunk. But still, if they live on the land and want self-administration, that's their right. They've been there for centuries. But they're not Lenape or Native Americans like they wish they were, just cultural appropriaters.

[@cm8291]

​@@user-ux8hg8bk3e they fought united agianst the colonizers under Pontiac

[@WindwardQuietist]

@@sarban1653 I suppose they all have to look like Siberians then; even though the oldest skeletons discovered in the Americas have African features. Everyone has to look like a Plains Indian; indigenous diversity in the Americas is ridiculous to bigots. You do not read history books. "𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒐, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒔, &𝒄., 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒕𝒂𝒘𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂, 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉." - PG 57, THE AMERICAN NATIONS; OR, Outlines of A National History; OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN NATIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA., FIRST NUMBER, OR VOMJME: GENERALITIES AND ANNALS., BY PROF. C. S. RAFINESQUE, PHILADEIPHIA, PUBLISHED BY C. S. RAFINESQUE, NO. 110 NORTH TENTH STREET, SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS, AND IN LONDON BY O. RICH, IN PARIS BY MEILHAC & BAILLERE., 1836 "𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒙𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔: 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆-𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 “𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔,” 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 “𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅.” 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕-𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏-𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 1920𝒔, 𝒆𝒖𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 “𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆” 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌." - PG 1520, University of Pennsylvania Law Review Vol. 159: 1457, MAKING INDIANS “WHITE”: THE JUDICIAL ABOLITION OF NATIVE SLAVERY IN REVOLUTIONARY VIRGINIA AND ITS RACIAL LEGACY, GREGORY ABLAVSKY