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Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians · houlton band of maliseet · WolastoqeyHoulton Band of Maliseet Indians
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- Official name
- Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Maine
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians: Maine: state treaties violating the Nonintercourse Act and the 1980 settlement.
The records group it with Wabanaki nations (Maine). This nation carries the history of Maliseet and Wabanaki nations (Maine) in the treaty record. Land has come back: Tributary Land Returns (Wabanaki, Maine) and Houlton Band of Maliseet acquires land near Wilderness Pines.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
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Self-names
- WolastoqeyWolastoqey
Official names
Who is doing the work
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Working with these nations
- Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Nation government 1,327 acres near Wilderness Pines Campground (2025, per BDN)
- Wabanaki Alliance Nation government Tribal sovereignty and land rights in Maine (MICSA/Settlement Act reform, tribal lands education, legislative advocacy) Give on their site Website
- Mi'kmaq Nation Nation government 3,400+ acre Bridgewater parcel (June 2026, $1.9M)
- Penobscot Nation Nation government 735 acres (Elliotsville Foundation, Oct 2020)
- Wabanaki REACH Native-led Truth-seeking, decolonization education and Wabanaki wellbeing Give on their site Website
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Allied land trust Funder/partner in several tribal land returns Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
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Named in 3
Carries the treaty history of 2
Governed by 2
Part of 1
Organizations that work with this nation 1
Sources
- wabanakialliance.com/pronunciation-guide/unclassified
Wolastoqiyik Maliseet Nation, which includes Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
- wabanakialliance.com/who-we-are/unclassified
Mi’kmaq Nation Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkomikuk
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
- maliseets.net/language/unclassified
This award targeted Maliseet/Wolastoqey Latuwewakon preservation with funds allocated for Language Coordination
Research notes
From org-houlton-maliseet.
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