Burns Paiute Tribe

Burns Paiute Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe located primarily in Harney County in rural eastern Oregon. The tribe operates as a parent entity providing specialized services to the federal government through a combination of purchase order contracts and grant awards. Burns Paiute Tribe leverages its unique cultural expertise, traditional ecological knowledge, and understanding of local landscapes to deliver services centered on tribal monitoring, cultural resource management, environmental consulting, and community development initiatives. The tribe's work reflects a commitment to integrating traditional practices with modern environmental stewardship and economic development while serving federal land management agencies and supporting tribal sovereignty and self-determination.

Through federal contracts, Burns Paiute Tribe has provided tribal monitoring and cultural resource inventory services primarily to the Bureau of Land Management across multiple project phases in the Northwest Malheur County region. The tribe received five purchase order contracts from BLM's Oregon-Washington Region and Idaho Region offices, with contract values ranging from $45,052 to $213,328.75. These contracts, awarded between May 2021 and June 2025, focused on tribal monitoring during the Northwest Malheur Project Implementation and cultural resource inventory work for the Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration Project, specifically protecting the Castle Rock Traditional Cultural Property and its viewshed. The services provided included on-site tribal monitoring to ensure project activities avoided impacting sacred sites, identification and documentation of culturally significant places and features, and ethnographic studies conducted under Environmental Consulting Services (NAICS code classification). Most contracts were awarded as sole-source procurements under FAR subpart 13-106(b), recognizing the tribe's irreplaceable expertise and existing Memorandum of Understanding with BLM. One contract from July 2023 through August 2024 was designated as an Indian Economic Enterprise set-aside, while the remaining awards did not utilize set-aside designations. No subcontractors were identified in the available contract documentation.

Burns Paiute Tribe has received substantial grant funding from multiple federal agencies supporting environmental programs, infrastructure development, community services, economic development, and cultural preservation initiatives. The tribe's grant portfolio includes formula grants, project grants, block grants, and cooperative agreements across diverse federal programs. Environmental and land management grants include a $482,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Bureau of Land Management's Good Neighbor Authority program for co-stewardship and habitat restoration, multiple Clean Air Act grants from EPA Region 10 for air quality program development and capacity building, a $336,437 Formula Grant from the Department of Energy for electric grid resilience under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and a $180,000 Tribal Energy Development Capacity grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs for a Tribal Utility Authority feasibility study. Housing and community development grants include a $5,992,170.57 Community Development Block Grant-PRICE award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for manufactured housing preservation and revitalization, Indian Housing Block Grants, and an Indian Community Development Block Grant. Child care and nutrition support grants include recurring awards from the Office of Child Care for Child Care and Development Fund and Block Grant programs, and Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program grants. Additional grants support judicial and public safety services, including a $624,480 Tribal Justice Assistance Program grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance for tribal court enhancement, emergency management coordination, and FEMA disaster assistance grants for COVID-19 pandemic response. The tribe also received grants for cultural and heritage preservation through the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund program, workforce and economic development through the Economic Development Administration's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy planning initiative, an Environmental Data Management grant from EPA for electronic data collection modernization, a sustainable community master plan grant from the Administration for Native Americans, broadband infrastructure grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Treasury Department's Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund totaling significant infrastructure investment, and a Foley Field Destination Resort feasibility study grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Indian Economic Development program. Sub-grant awards received by Burns Paiute Tribe through prime recipients including the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Department of Education, and Oregon Department of Justice supported emergency preparedness, immunization programs, climate and health initiatives, substance abuse prevention and treatment, education emergency relief, and domestic violence and sexual assault services.

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