Claims

The Settlement Act states that only the Penobscot Indian Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and the Houlton Band of Maliseets have any claims to land in the State of Maine, and that other Maine Indians abandoned their holdings.  It ratifies all land transactions in which any Maine Indians lost their lands by treating such transfers of land as though they were done in accordance with the laws of the United States.  This has the effect of extinguishing all Indian land claims in Maine, except for the three reservations.  It releases the State from any obligation it ever had to any Indian person, tribe, nation, or band, including groups that are not part of the Settlement.