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The Penobscot Nation |
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(Click on the logo to visit the tribe's official web
site) |
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The Penobscot Indian Island Reservation is surrounded by the waters of the
Penobscot River, in Penobscot County, Maine. This large river runs from
their sacred mountain to the north, Mt. Katahdin, down through the state
to Penobscot Bay. The tribe became federally recognized through
the Maine Land Claims Act, signed on March 15, 1980. Under the terms of
the agreement, the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes received a
settlement of $81.5 million in return for relinquishing their rights to
19,500 square miles, for roughly 60% of the state of Maine. They
mostly live on a reservation at Indian Island, which is near Old Town. |
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