Documentary About Ramapough Lenape Nation To Be Screened

MAHWAH, N.J. - “American Native,” a documentary about the Ramapough Lenape Nation will be screened at the Mahwah library April 16.

The film “provides an in-depth look at the complex past, volatile present, and endangered future of the Ramapough Lenape Nation,” the film’s website states.

The film chronicles the group’s efforts to gain recognition as a Native American tribe from the federal government and “the private interests that may have colluded behind the scenes to prevent them from doing so.”

Filmmakers were given “unbridled” access to the community.