Organization
Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin (MAPOM)
The Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin, a Fairfax nonprofit working since 1970, promotes knowledge of the Coast Miwok; it holds no returned land.
- Kind
- Allied (non-Native) nonprofit (501(c)(3))
- Native-led
- no
- Works with
- Coast Miwok of Marin and southern Sonoma (works with Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria)
- Region
- California; CA
- Focus
- Education and stewardship at Kule Loklo Coast Miwok village; cooperative programs with Coast Miwok groups; not a land-return organization
- Registry
- EIN 23-7100329 (ProPublica: Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin, Fairfax CA; PO Box in Fairfax matches support page)
What happened
The Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin (MAPOM) says that since 1970 it has worked to promote accurate knowledge of the Coast Miwok Indians, the first people of Marin and southern Sonoma counties. It says it was founded as a result of community involvement in the excavation of a Coast Miwok village site. ProPublica lists it in Fairfax, California, under EIN 23-7100329. Its support page gives a Fairfax post office box and says MAPOM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
MAPOM says it works through programs and cooperative efforts with groups including the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the Coast Miwok Tribal Council of Marin and the Point Reyes National Seashore. Its stated mission is to identify, preserve and protect anthropological resources concerning the Coast Miwok and their territory, and to support other Native people through publishing, exhibits, public events and education.
Its home page shows a photo timeline of events at a Coast Miwok cultural site from 1978 to 2023, including roundhouse construction, work days and a Day of Indigenous Skills in 2023.
MAPOM describes itself as an organization that supports Native people. It is listed here as an allied, non-Native nonprofit, and it describes no land purchase or return.
Good to know. An allied, non-Native group that supports Coast Miwok people through education; it holds no returned land.
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Since 1970, The Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin (MAPOM) has been working to promote accurate knowledge of the Coast Miwok Indians
MAPOM - HomeMAPOM was founded as a result of community involvement in the excavation of a Coast Miwok village site
MAPOM - HomeMAPOM is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
MAPOM - SupportTax exemption issued: July 2019
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - Miwok Archeological Preserve Of Marin
Research notes. Allied, non-Native per the record; the pages read do not state who leads it. No completed land return is documented. ProPublica shows exemption issued July 2019 although the organization says it began in 1970 (possibly a reinstatement; not checked).
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- Vetting notes
- 2026-10-17: ProPublica hit (Fairfax CA). Support page says MAPOM is a 501(c)(3) and gives PO Box 26 Fairfax. Allied organization, not Native-led; no completed land return documented, so listed only as an allied record. Source: https://www.mapom.org/support.html ("MAPOM is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.")
- Kind
- Organization
- Confidence
- Low