Nation
Mi'kmaq Nation · mi'kmaq nation · mi'kmaq · Mi'kmaq Nation (previously listed as Aroostook Band of Micmacs) · Aroostook Band of Micmacs · MicmacMi'kmaq Nation
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- Official name
- Mi'kmaq Nation (previously listed as Aroostook Band of Micmacs)
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Maine
In the record
The records group it with Wabanaki nations (Maine). This nation carries the history of Wabanaki nations (Maine) in the treaty record. Land has come back: Tributary Land Returns (Wabanaki, Maine) and Mi'kmaq Nation Bridgewater parcel.
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.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Names in treaties and records
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
- 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)
- 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
- 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 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
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Governed by 2
Named in 2
Organizations that work with this nation 2
Part of 1
Carries the treaty history of 1
Sources
- 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
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
- micmac-nsn.gov/reference work
The Micmac Nation, today, is composed of seven districts with 29 bands and a population of approximately 30,000.
Research notes
From org-mikmaq-nation.
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
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- Nation review
- Not yet reviewed by this nation