Penobscot Indian Nation
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The Penobscot Indian Nation is a federally recognized tribe of the Penobscot people, an Indigenous Wabanaki nation whose homeland centers on the Penobscot River in what is now Maine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Penobscot Nation | 4 |
| Penobscot Indian Nation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11289744 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Penobscot Indian Nation Context triple: [Indian Island, Maine, tribalAffiliation, Penobscot Indian Nation]
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A.
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Maine, representing a U.S.-based community of the Maliseet people with its own government and cultural traditions.
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B.
Narragansett Indian Tribe
The Narragansett Indian Tribe is the federally recognized tribal government representing the Narragansett people, an Indigenous nation traditionally based in what is now Rhode Island.
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C.
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe is a federally recognized Native American nation in southeastern Connecticut known for its successful Foxwoods Resort Casino and efforts to preserve Pequot culture and sovereignty.
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D.
Wampanoag Nation
The Wampanoag Nation is a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their early interactions with the Pilgrims in the 17th century.
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E.
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Massachusetts, known as one of the historic Wampanoag communities indigenous to the region around Cape Cod.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Penobscot Indian Nation Target entity description: The Penobscot Indian Nation is a federally recognized tribe of the Penobscot people, an Indigenous Wabanaki nation whose homeland centers on the Penobscot River in what is now Maine.
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A.
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Maine, representing a U.S.-based community of the Maliseet people with its own government and cultural traditions.
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B.
Narragansett Indian Tribe
The Narragansett Indian Tribe is the federally recognized tribal government representing the Narragansett people, an Indigenous nation traditionally based in what is now Rhode Island.
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C.
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe is a federally recognized Native American nation in southeastern Connecticut known for its successful Foxwoods Resort Casino and efforts to preserve Pequot culture and sovereignty.
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D.
Wampanoag Nation
The Wampanoag Nation is a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their early interactions with the Pilgrims in the 17th century.
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E.
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Massachusetts, known as one of the historic Wampanoag communities indigenous to the region around Cape Cod.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous nation
ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ Wabanaki nation ⓘ federally recognized tribe ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicGroup | Penobscot people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonym |
Penobscot Nation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penobscot Tribe of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Penobscot Nation Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAffiliation |
Algonquian peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wabanaki peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
cultural enterprises
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ gaming ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalFocus |
Penobscot River restoration
ⓘ
fisheries protection ⓘ water quality protection ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringTribe |
Maliseet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mi'kmaq NERFINISHED ⓘ Passamaquoddy Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservation | Indian Island Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRight |
limited self-government
ⓘ
treaty rights ⓘ |
| hasSovereigntyStatus | domestic dependent nation ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Indian Island, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homelandRegion |
Penobscot River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penobscot River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo |
Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
Eastern Abenaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderTitle |
Chief
ⓘ
Tribal Chief ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Wabanaki Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryStateJurisdiction | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| region |
New England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Penobscot spirituality ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Penobscot language ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| tribalEnrollmentBasis | descent ⓘ |
| tribalGovernmentType | elected tribal council ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Penobscot Indian Nation Description of subject: The Penobscot Indian Nation is a federally recognized tribe of the Penobscot people, an Indigenous Wabanaki nation whose homeland centers on the Penobscot River in what is now Maine.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Penobscot Nation
subject surface form:
Joseph Orono
this entity surface form:
Penobscot Nation
subject surface form:
Joseph Orono
this entity surface form:
Penobscot Nation
this entity surface form:
Penobscot Nation