Description
This Book Tells The Environmental Justice Story Of The Ramapough Lunaape Nation. Ringwood, New Jersey Is Home To The Turtle Clan, And Many Still Live In The Ringwood Mines/landfill Superfund Site. The Landscape Includes Former Iron Mines, Ceremonial Stones, A Forest In Which People Hunt For Food, And A Stew Of Chemical Toxicants From A Former Ford Manufacturing Plant. This Project Is Grounded In A Collaborative Process; Researchers From Rutgers University Department Of Landscape Architecture Partnered With The Turtle Clan To Represent Site Information And Stories Of Community Experiences. We Investigated Contested Narratives Around The Site's Contamination By Ford Motor Company, And Its Listing As A Superfund Site In 1983, And Again In 2006.--page 1. Stories By Chief Vincent Mann, Wayne Mann, Vivian Milligan ; Anita Bakshi, Editor. Cover Title. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 168-171).
