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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002

A paper company held a ceremony on Tuesday to return a sacred island to the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine.

Gordon's Island is on Big Lake and is home to graves of tribal ancestors who died during a smallpox epidemic 150 years ago. Domtar Industries purchased the 26-acre island last year from another paper company.

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Paper company returns sacred land to Maine tribe (The Portland Press Herald 5/22)
Tribe celebrates return of island (The Bangor Daily News 5/21)
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Papermaker gives island back to tribe (AP 5/21)

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