Excavating subterranean histories of Ringwood Mines and the Ramapough Lunaape Nation, part 1
28 November 2019 – Anita Bakshi
environmental history, native americans, landscape, memorials, Indigenous People, public engagement, social justice
The Ramapough Lunaape Turtle Clan have called Ringwood, New Jersey, home for centuries. The surrounding landscape features iron mines, Native American rock shelters, and a forest that provides food for hunters and foragers. But it also contains a stew of different chemical toxicants from the former Ford manufacturing plant, deep pockets of contaminated soil, streams that now flow with orange water, and the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund Site. Read More