Chief Dwaine C. Perry, of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, testifies before Judge Roy F. McGready of the Bergen County Courthouse for a dispute with the Township of Mahwah.
Tuesday marked the second day of the Ramapoughs’ trial for the alleged zoning violations.
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In testimony Tuesday, Ramapough Chief Dwaine Perry said his tribe has lived in the Mahwah area since “Time immemorial.” Tribal lands once reached from western Pennsylvania to eastern Connecticut and north to Albany, N.Y., Perry said.