Native American tribe in Maine buys back island taken 160 years ago

The Passamaquoddy's purchase of Pine Island for $355,000 is the latest in a series of successful land back' campaigns for indigenous people in the US

The advert painted an idyllic picture of White's Island.

For $449,000 you could buy 143 acres of forests with sweeping views of the rugged shoreline of Big Lake in Maine, on the east coast of the United States. [It's] a unique property ... steeped in history ... with only two owners in the last 95 years," wrote the real estate agent from privateislandsonline.com.