A "Labyrinth of Uncertainties": Penobscot River Islands, Land Assignments, and Indigenous Women Proprietors in Nineteenth-Century Maine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Micha A. Pawling
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 2018, pp. 454-487
Description
Article explores the unique structure of land tenure developed within the Penobscot Nation; this dual land system allowed for both private lots and land held in commons, it also allowed married Indigenous women to own property in the 1800s.