Maliseet

Who is doing the work

This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:

• Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
• Mi'kmaq Nation
• Passamaquoddy (Motahkomikuk and Sipayik)
• Penobscot Nation
• Wabanaki nations (Maine)

Working with these nations

• Mi'kmaq Nation Nation government 3,400+ acre Bridgewater parcel (June 2026, $1.9M)
• Penobscot Nation Nation government 735 acres (Elliotsville Foundation, Oct 2020)
• 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
• 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.