Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Schools, Inc.

Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Schools, Inc., doing business as Crow Creek Reservation High School, is a tribally owned educational institution and federally recognized Indian tribe based in Highmore, South Dakota, that operates as a prime recipient of federal formula grants and cooperative agreements supporting K–12 education and early childhood development programs on the Crow Creek Reservation. The organization holds SBA self-certified small disadvantaged business status and operates as an educational institution and tribal government entity; it does not hold federal contracts and competes exclusively under federal grant programs.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on educational and family services grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The top three customer agencies account for 100% of recent awards: OESE holds 20 awards (Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies under CFDA 84.060), HHS Administration for Children and Families accounts for 2 awards, and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 2 awards. The Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs program dominates the portfolio, with consecutive annual awards spanning 2022–2027 that support culturally aligned academic instruction and student services addressing the unique educational needs of American Indian students. A secondary, longer-duration award is the Shared Waters Tribal Home Visiting Program, a $1 million-plus cooperative agreement with HHS running from September 2023 through September 2028, which delivers early childhood development coaching and positive parenting practices to pregnant women, expectant fathers, parents, and primary caregivers of American Indian children living within the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Reservation boundaries, with explicit focus on Lakota/Dakota heritage preservation.

Grant revenue has remained modest and steady. Twenty-two of twenty-four total awards (92%) are prime grants; the remaining two (8%) are sub-awards under the South Dakota Department of Education for National School Lunch Program block grants (2024 and 2025). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $7.8 million over the period spanning 2007 to the present. Activity holds flat at one to two awards per year over the past five years, with two awards facing completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. The vendor operates as a recipient organization rather than a federal contractor and does not appear on any federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, or BPAs. Sub-recipient engagement is limited to pass-through block grant administration under South Dakota's state education department.