Land Acknowledgement & Indigenous History

Our properties are in the unceded ancestral homeland of the Wabanaki, which translates to People of the Dawnland. The Wabanaki Confederacy is currently made up of five Native American nations: Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki. We’re grateful for their past stewardship of these special places and respect their ongoing relationship with these lands and waters.

For more information about the four federally recognized tribes in Maine, please visit wabanakialliance.com.

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Chebeague Island

Shell middens demonstrate that indigenous people were on Chebeague Island 4,000 years before the Europeans arrived and it is thought that their history extends back 12,000 years. Recently, a spearhead was found that has been dated to 7,000 years ago. During the first half of the 20th century, families from two Wabanaki tribes—the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy—spent summers on Chebeague selling baskets and other handmade items.