The Elliotsville Foundation, a private foundation established by Burt's Bees founder  Roxanne Quimby and her family, has returned seven hundred and thirty-five acres of ancestral land to the Penobscot Nation, the Associated Press reports.

Located to the west of Brownsville, Maine, in Piscataquis County, the acreage lies between two parcels of land already owned by the Penobscots and includes the headwaters of the Pleasant River, a tributary of the Penobscot River, which is sacred to the tribe.

"We take our land stewardship responsibilities very seriously and appreciate the opportunity to once again have this parcel within our present-day land holdings," said Penobscot Nation chief Kirk Francis in a statement.

In 2016, the foundation donated land to the federal government for the creation of  Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument as a unit of the National Park System.

Quimby's son, Lucas St. Clair, told the AP he wanted to use his platform to work for justice for Indigenous communities in Maine. "While this is not the start or the end of a long journey of reparation," he said, "it is what I can do now and what I hope to do more of while encouraging others to join us."