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Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust

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Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, a tribally led Rhode Island nonprofit, says it stewards 50 acres of ancestral land in Tiverton and supports Native farmers.

Kind
501(c)(3) tribally-led land trust (Indigenous-led nonprofit)
Native-led
yes-self-described
Works with
Pocasset and Pokanoket Wampanoag; Indigenous communities across the Northeast
Region
Northeast; RI, MA
Focus
Land repatriation: reclaiming ancestral land in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for tribal stewardship; support for Native farmers and land stewards
Registry
EIN 82-2650017 (ProPublica: Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc, Cranston RI; ruling 2017-09; 990s filed FY2022-2023)

What happened

The Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust (PPLT) calls itself a tribally-led nonprofit dedicated to reconnecting American Indian tribes, clans, Urban Indians and Indigenous people across the Northeast. Its staff and board pages list Chief Sequan Pijaki as Executive Director and Founder and as Chairman. Its tax exemption was issued in September 2017, according to ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, which lists it as a 501(c)(3) in Cranston, Rhode Island.

PPLT's initiatives page lists six lines of work, with a stated purpose of putting ancestral land back in Indigenous hands. Under Land Repatriation, the objective is to reclaim ancestral lands for tribal stewardship. The status line reads that it currently stewards 50 acres of ancestral land in Tiverton, Rhode Island, and names Bally's Tiverton, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, the Island Foundation and the Indigenous Peoples Network as partners. The page does not say who holds title to those acres or how they were obtained.

Other programs include a farmer and land steward support program that offers one-on-one help with grants, business planning and soil health, and an Indigenous Food Sovereignty micro-farming program led by Rocky Johnson, a Narragansett Indian, which PPLT fiscally sponsors.

These are PPLT's own descriptions.

Good to know. The group says it stewards 50 acres but does not say who owns them. Donation buttons go to PayPal, so check the payee there.

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What the sources say, and how this was checked

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  1. The Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust (PPLT) is a tribally-led non-profit dedicated to reconnecting communities of American Indian tribesAbout Us - PPLT
  2. Chief Sequan Pijaki October 1, 2026 Executive Director & FounderStaff - PPLT
  3. We currently steward 50 acres of ancestral land in Tiverton, RI.PPLT Initiatives
  4. fiscally sponsored by the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, a tribal 501(c)(3) non-profit organizationIndigenous Food Sovereignty - PPLT
  5. Cranston, RI Tax exemption issued: Sept. 2017 EIN: 82-2650017ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc

Research notes. The 50 acres are described as stewarded; title, acquisition method and tribal status are not stated on the pages read. 'Tribally-led' is self-description. The EIN is not printed on the site, so it was matched through ProPublica. Donation buttons go to a PayPal hosted button; confirm the payee at checkout.

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2026-10-17: ProPublica EIN record matches name and Cranston RI address shown on donation page for mailed checks; site states 501(c)(3) and fully tax deductible; donation buttons go to a PayPal hosted button on the org site (confirm payee at checkout); leadership names not independently read, "tribally-led" is self-description; EIN not printed on site. Source: https://www.pocassetlandtrust.org/ ("PPLT is a tribally-led nonprofit reconnecting Indigenous communities across the Northeast")
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