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Penobscot Nation · penobscot nationPenobscot Nation
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- Official name
- Penobscot Nation
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Maine
In the record
One court case turned on its rights: Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton.
The records group it with Wabanaki nations (Maine). This nation carries the history of Penobscot and Wabanaki nations (Maine) in the treaty record.
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
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Official names
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)
- Wabanaki nations (Maine)
Working with these nations
- 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)
- 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.
Carries the treaty history of 2
Part of 1
Governed by 1
Named in 1
Organizations that work with this nation 1
Sources
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Penobscot Nation
- 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).
Research notes
From org-penobscot-nation.
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