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Ongoing archive of land return stories

Living land return story archive

Please note: This is by no means an exhaustive list! Just some of the stories we look to and learn from.

Living storymap of land return

#Landback North America - a map created by the Indigenous Studies Program at Kansas University

2023

Land in Snoqualmie Valley returns to Snoqualmie Tribe

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe & Michigan Department of Natural Resources co-manage Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park

Land returns to Sogorea Te' land trust for rematriation

2022

Redwood forest returns to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council

Forested headwaters return to the Onandaga Nation

2021

Trust land returns to the Mashpee Wampanoag

2020

2019

Land returns to the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma

Duluwat Island returns to the Wiyot Tribe

And before...

2016 - Coastlines return to Kashia Band of Pomo

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Our website was created through a collaborative decision making process between the Wabanaki Commission and First Light, and with the support of Tamarack Media Cooperative. The Wabanaki Commission logo is designed by Shannon Hill. Photography is thanks to Nolan Altvater or Peter Forbes unless noted otherwise, and illustration is thanks to Frances Soctomah.

Support Land Return

Wolankeyutomone kisi apaciyewik

Support direct and unrestricted grants administered by the Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship to Wabanaki projects created by Wabanaki people, their organizations and governments.

Support the Fund

Our Model

Support the work of the Wabanaki Commission and First Light, from land return, to events and gatherings, to educational programs.

Support the Organizations