RAMAPOUGH MOUNTAIN INDIANS

THIS IS A GROUP OF ABOUT 5,000 FOLKS IN THE RAMAPOUGH MOUNTAINS OF OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK. THEIR OFFICE IS IN MAHAIH, NEW JERSEY. THEY ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE LENAPE. THEY HAVE MANY DESCENDANTS INCLUDING DUTCH , AFRICAN, AND CAUCASIAN ANCESTORS. THEIR ANCESTRAL LANGUAGE WAS MUNSEE. AFTER CONTACT THEY SPOKE ENGLISH. THEY ELDERS ARE REVITALIZING THEIR LANGUAGE. SINCE 1980 THEY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TRIBE IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK. THEIR ORIGINS ARE VERY CONTROVERSIAL. HERBERT KRAFT ESTABLISH A GENEALOGICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PRESENT DAY RAMAPOUGH AND THE COLONIAL TRIBES. THE RAMAPOUGH MOUNTAIN REGION IS IN NEW JERSEY AND WAS A REFUGE AFTER FORCED REMOVAL OF THEIR ANCESTORS. THE DELAWARE ALSO WERE THERE. THE RAMAPOUGH NEVER DISAPPEARED. THERE PEOPLE STILL OCCUPY THE SOUTHWESTERN POINT OF ROCKLAND COURT. THEY WERE KNOWN AS NATIVE AMERICAN STRONGHOLDS. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD INDICATES A STRONG PERSISTENT PRESENCE OF INDIAN BANDS. IN THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS INTO THE 18TH CENTURY. THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE'S LIVES. THEY BUILT DUGOUT CANOES.

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