Ramapough Chief Dwaine Perry joined Mahwah Mayor Bill Laforet and Mahwah Schools Superintendent Lauren Schoen at a press conference in town hall Wednesday afternoon speaking out against the language used in the review. In its review, the Post refers to the "Ramapough Mountain Indians" as "hillbillies who live in a self-contained world of drugs, violence and trailer homes…The impoverished Ramapoughs have long been ridiculed for their unsophisticated ways, including feasting on squirrel. They get around their mostly unpaved roads on ATVs. Tribe members are known to largely marry among themselves."

The review also states that the film is based on the tribe, and depicts members as "violent." Laforet said Wednesday that he is "deeply concerned" about the content of the review.

"The article wrongly characterizes the residents of Stag Hill," Laforet said in his statement. "This type of stereotype only serves to foster hostility, intimidation, and bullying."

Schoen added that diversity is embraced throughout the Mahwah community, and the spread of negative stereotypes affects the entire township.

"We are embracing the Ramapough Indian nation together…These are our children, our parents, and our employees. A movie like this goes against everything we believe in, in our township and in our schools. When a movie deals in negative stereotypes…we are all diminished."

Perry spoke out against the article and the film, which he said "appears to be a racist paradigm that has been forced upon my people for so many years." The three said Wednesday that they have not yet seen the film, which opens Friday. They said they were not contacted during its production, and have not been able to get in touch with either the producers or the film, or with the NY Post.