Confederated Tribes Of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians

Confederated Tribes Of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Coos Bay, Oregon, operates as a federal grant recipient (90% of recent awards) across health, social services, environmental stewardship, and cultural preservation programs, with a subsidiary federal contractor footprint through Blue Earth Federal Corporation. The tribe competes directly for federal grants rather than federal contracts; recent grant awards span formula grants, project grants, block grants, and cooperative agreements across 54 distinct federal agencies and programs, positioning the tribe as a primary recipient and subrecipient for state-pass-through awards.

The tribe's grant portfolio centers on social services, aging and nutrition services, child care development, environmental programs, and tribal capacity building. Representative prime grant awards include $6.47 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) for Oregon Coast coho salmon and steelhead habitat restoration in the Siuslaw River Watershed (award date September 1, 2025), $2.999 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) for the Tribal Ecological Cultural Restoration and Forest Resiliency Project (December 31, 2024), and recurring formula grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging for older Americans services (Older Americans Act Title VI Parts A and C, Nutrition Services Incentive Program). The tribe also received a $100,000 project grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) effective October 1, 2025, to develop tribal juvenile justice court infrastructure and coordinate with Oregon's five-county juvenile justice system. The tribe holds one federal contract—a $10,000 firm fixed price water and wastewater utility services contract awarded by Naval Facilities Engineering Command on September 1, 2023, running through September 30, 2031.

Customer concentration is driven by formula grant programs tied to federal Indian health, aging, and family services mandates. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 44% of all awards, with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education leading (69 awards), followed by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (33 awards), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (22 awards), and the Administration for Community Living (41 awards combined across two sub-entities). Grant work flows as both prime recipient direct from federal agencies and as subrecipient from Oregon state agencies (Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon Department of Education, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board) that administer federal pass-through funding.

Recent activity shows volatility in award count—17 awards in 2022, 35 in 2023, 16 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 10 through April 2026—with 12 awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The tribe also holds subsidiary contractor capacity through Blue Earth Federal Corporation, a tribally owned Indian Economic Enterprise and self-certified small disadvantaged business registered as a for-profit entity. The subrecipient footprint (10% of awards) includes pass-through grants from state health authorities and environmental boards supporting habitat restoration, public health coordination, victim services coordination, and education initiatives.

Across prime and sub work, the tribe's capability portfolio anchors to federal Indian policy implementation: tribal judicial system development, behavioral health and substance abuse prevention and treatment for Native American youth, environmental remediation and air quality monitoring under EPA tribal authority, salmon habitat restoration aligned with Pacific Salmon Treaty obligations, child care and early education access, low-income energy assistance administration, and cultural preservation (language revitalization and historic preservation office operations). The tribal government operates the Confederated Tribes of Coos Health Department, Department of Culture and Natural Resources, Department of Education, and partnerships with Three Rivers Health Center to deliver integrated health, wellness, and community resilience programming across Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane, and Lincoln Counties in Oregon.