State
Maine
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise here, including Maine: state treaties violating the Nonintercourse Act and the 1980 settlement. Land has come back here: Tributary Land Returns (Wabanaki, Maine), Elliotsville Foundation returns 735 acres to Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet acquires land near Wilderness Pines and Mi'kmaq Nation Bridgewater parcel.
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Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Nation government 1,327 acres near Wilderness Pines Campground (2025, per BDN)
- Mi'kmaq Nation Nation government 3,400+ acre Bridgewater parcel (June 2026, $1.9M)
- Penobscot Nation Nation government 735 acres (Elliotsville Foundation, Oct 2020)
- 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
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
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