Could it be that people who are treated differently get used to lauding it over those lessers, even the lessers authority figures? I wish I could hunt, fish, do whatever I desire all the time and anywhere just because of my ancestors. Indians who desire the tribal life should be restricted to the tribal land and should have a visa and be subject to visitors rules to visit the U.S.
I don't know the whole of the treaty. I THINK the Ramapoughs are recognized owners of that portion of the Bergen COUNTY park, and that park is administered by the state and county.
But I THINK that the treaty states that the park is in fact Ramapough reservation.
I'd like someone who really knows to answer.
I DO know that the tribe has been gathering there, and riding ATVs, for decades.
My nephew said it best. If a tribe on a reservation is truly a sovereign nation, why is there no American Embassy?