Recent land returns give Wabanaki Nations more authority over conservation, ancestral territory

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 721

Last Updated: 1 day, 2 hours ago

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The Penobscot Nation received 11,000 acres of ancestral land back this week, the first phase of what is expected to be one of the largest land returns ever between a U.S.-based nonprofit and a tribe.

Located near the base of Katahdin, the land return affords the Penobscot Nation access to a culturally significant area, natural resources for hunting and harvesting, and more authority to expand its longstanding conservation work, said Penobscot Nation Natural Resources …

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