Nation
Wabanaki nations (Maine) · wabanaki · Wabanaki · Ckuwaponahkiyik · Mi’kmaq · Panuwapskewiyik (Penobscot) · Peskotomuhkatiyik (Passamaquoddy) · Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)Wabanaki nations (Maine)
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- Region
- Northeast
In the record
Today, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi'kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy (Motahkomikuk and Sipayik) and Penobscot Nation carry this history, as their own pages or research records say. Land has come back: Elliotsville Foundation returns 735 acres to Penobscot Nation 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.
Self-names
- CkuwaponahkiyikPassamaquoddy-Maliseet (per Wabanaki Alliance; audio by Dwayne Tomah)
Other names in English
Peoples within this name
- Mi’kmaqPassamaquoddy-Maliseet / Mi’kmaw
- Panuwapskewiyik (Penobscot)Passamaquoddy-Maliseet / Mi’kmaw
- Peskotomuhkatiyik (Passamaquoddy)Passamaquoddy-Maliseet / Mi’kmaw
- Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet)Passamaquoddy-Maliseet / Mi’kmaw
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
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.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Includes 7
Organizations that work with this nation 5
Present-day governments that carry this history 4
Governed by 2
Named in 2
Sources
- wabanakialliance.com/pronunciation-guide/unclassified
Wabanaki Nations Pronunciation Guide
Research notes
Label as printed in tribe-org-map.
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