Cabazon Band Of Cahuilla Indians

Cabazon Band Of Cahuilla Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Indio, California, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants funding tribal environmental protection, broadband infrastructure, library services, and self-governance programs. The tribe does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal engagement is exclusively through grant awards (100% prime recipient status across 58 total awards). As a tribally owned entity, Cabazon Band qualifies for Indian tribe set-asides and tribal government designations in federal grant competitions.

The tribe's grant portfolio concentrates heavily on environmental and natural-resource stewardship. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 and the EPA's national office together account for 23 awards (roughly 40% of the award count covered in the source), funding air quality capacity-building, water quality monitoring, and environmental program operations. Representative work includes recurring EPA Formula Grants under CFDA 66.038 (Training, Investigations, and Special Purpose Activities of Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes) for air emissions monitoring, regulatory program development, and community outreach on the Cabazon Reservation — awards in the $77,210 to $120,027 range running on annual cycles from 2021 through 2026. A $176,854 EPA environmental-partnership grant (October 2022 through September 2026) covers water quality monitoring, nonpoint-source pollution reduction, and climate integration. The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science awarded the tribe a Native American Library Services Basics Grant (August 2026 through July 2027) for library materials, community programming, and staff training. The tribe received a $115,859 Department of Energy infrastructure formula grant (August 2024 through April 2032) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for capital projects supporting broadband, work, education, and health monitoring. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration funded a $4.1 million broadband-deployment project (April 2022 through July 2025) to install 5,400 linear feet of fiber-optic cable and underground drops to tribal housing on the reservation and in Coachella, California.

Activity has declined from four awards in 2022 to one award in 2026; the source reports only four awards reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating low near-term recompete exposure. Across its fifteen federal customer agencies, the tribe operates no subcontractors or sub-recipients; all grants are direct, unsubcontracted awards. The tribe's federal footprint reflects its primary mission as a tribal government addressing sovereign environmental management, broadband equity, and community services rather than as a federal contractor providing goods or services to other agencies.