Asacarsarmiut Tribal Council

Asacarsarmiut Tribal Council, doing business as Asa'Carsarmiut Tribal Council, is a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Mountain Village, Alaska that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient across social services, infrastructure, environmental, and community development programs. The tribal government operates exclusively as a grant recipient; it holds no federal contracts and does not serve as a subcontractor.

The Tribal Council's federal footprint spans 129 grant awards across a 20-year history, with $38.4 million obligated across 30 distinct federal agencies. Recent award velocity has moderated — ten awards each in 2022 and 2023, declining to six in both 2024 and 2025, with two awards recorded through April 2026. Six awards are scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure across active grant portfolios.

Customer concentration clusters in three agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (16 awards), the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (15 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (15 awards). These three account for 53% of all awards. The Tribal Council operates recurring formula and block grant programs under the Older Americans Act Title VI (caregivers support, nutrition services, and general grants for Native Americans), with multiple annual tranches from the Administration for Community Living. Transportation funding flows through the Federal Highway Administration's Tribal Transportation Program and, more recently, the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program, including a $353,200 project grant awarded in December 2022 for transit service initiation and a series of supplemental project grants through 2026.

Beyond aging and transportation, the Tribal Council manages child care and development block grants through the Office of Child Care (recurring awards under CCDD program lines), victim services and crime prevention funding through the Department of Justice (Victims of Crime under CFDA 16.841 and Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants under CFDA 16.587), environmental capacity building through the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 (Indian Environmental General Assistance Program, CFDA 66.926), and infrastructure projects including a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund award from the Department of the Treasury for broadband and capital connectivity. Recent additions include a January 2025 Department of Energy formula grant for home electrification and appliance rebates (IRA Section 50122) and a $150,000 Institute of Museum and Library Services project grant awarded October 2025 for library operations expansion including staffing, collection development focused on Native Alaskan cultural materials and practical skills resources, and community internet access for job search and benefits applications.

The Tribal Council's grant activity profile reflects the service-delivery and infrastructure mandates of tribal self-governance, with emphasis on aging services (recurring), child care (recurring block grants through 2027–2028), transportation and transit (Highway Administration formula grants plus recent transit initiation projects through 2026), community safety (victim services and violence prevention), environmental stewardship, and digital access. Six awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months signal near-term recompete activity, primarily in formula grant renewals from Administration for Community Living and Office of Child Care programs.