Chief Dull Knife College
Lame Deer, MT Part of Northern Cheyenne Tribal EMP R
- UEI
- K7EDS7P1CUJ8
- CAGE
- 1WYD5
- Primary NAICS
- 611210 Junior Colleges
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1 College Dr, Lame Deer, MT 59043, USA
- Website
- cdkc.edu
- Founded
- 1975
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $0 |
| FY2025 | $0 |
| FY2024 | $0 |
| FY2023 | -$31,033 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State University | P20GM103474 | $64,020 | |
| Montana State University | P20GM103474 | $60,727 | |
| Montana State University | P20GM103474 | $50,000 | |
| Montana State University | P20GM103474 | $58,000 | |
| Montana State University | P20GM103474 | $4,259 |
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About the company
Chief Dull Knife College, a federally recognized tribal college and 1994 Land Grant Institution located in Lame Deer, Montana, operates as a nonprofit educational institution and recipient of federal grants serving the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. The college is Native American-owned and minority-owned; it functions as a grant recipient (96% of awards) rather than a federal contractor, with no federal contracts or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity vehicles in its portfolio.
Chief Dull Knife College's federal footprint centers on STEM education, environmental research, workforce development, and institutional capacity building. The Environmental Research Center, renewed under a $2.5 million National Science Foundation Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) grant awarded September 1, 2026 (CFDA 47.076), delivers water quality testing and environmental monitoring services for communities across southeastern Montana, including surface water, groundwater, and well testing. The center trains interns in drone technology applications including firefighting support, crop spraying, and environmental surveying, with performance through August 31, 2031. The college also received a $1.8 million Economic Development Administration Economic Adjustment Assistance grant (CFDA 11.307) awarded September 9, 2022, to build the Northern Cheyenne Energy Education and Training Center, providing workforce development and renewable energy training through 2026. Department of Education Higher Education Institutional Aid grants totaling $4.468 million (awarded October 1, 2025, CFDA 84.031) support institutional management, fiscal operations, and academic quality through September 30, 2027. A $1.8 million Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Block Grant (CFDA 15.027, awarded July 1, 2025) funds core operational and institutional activities including academic programming, STEM education, and workforce development.
Customer concentration is distributed across educational and agricultural federal agencies. The top five grantor offices by award count — Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (32 awards), Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (17 awards), a second tranche of USDA NIFA (13 awards), USDA Rural Housing Service (10 awards), and USDA Rural Facilities Community Facilities (7 awards) — account for 60% of awards. By potential value, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center anchors $1.1 million across four awards, with the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas at $100 thousand across two awards. The college receives recurring formula grants under the 1994 Endowment Fund (CFDA 10.222, distributed September 27, 2024, at $124,625) and annual Block Grants from the Bureau of Indian Affairs funding core operations.
Activity has averaged five awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026), with 131 total awards in the source data spanning from September 2000 to September 2026. Combined obligated dollars total $97.2 million against $1.2 million in combined potential value, reflecting the formula-grant and block-grant structure of tribal college funding. Five awards face completion within the next twenty-four months. The college serves as a prime recipient on nearly all grants and acts as a sub-recipient on research collaborations with Montana State University, including Building and Sustaining Undergrad Research Teams awards (sub-awards dated May 2025, June 2024, February 2024, and May 2023). The college is a child entity of Northern Cheyenne Tribal EMPR, which holds parent-organization status in the federal awards taxonomy.
Quick answers
Is Chief Dull Knife College registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Chief Dull Knife College's SAM.gov registration is active through February 6, 2027.
What is Chief Dull Knife College's most recent federal award?
Chief Dull Knife College's most recent federal grant award is Tea center renewal: environmental research center (2617786), from Division of Undergraduate Education, on September 1, 2026.
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