Delaware Tribe Of Indians

Delaware Tribe of Indians, a federally recognized tribal government based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across social services, cultural preservation, and infrastructure programs, with a subsidiary (Tahkox E2 LLC) that holds tribal ownership and self-certified small disadvantaged business status. The tribe also executes small-dollar federal contracts for specialized infrastructure services, performing 95% of recent awards as a prime and 5% as a sub-recipient or subcontractor.

The tribe's federal footprint centers overwhelmingly on grant work rather than contracts. Health and Human Services dominates the award count — the Administration for Children and Families and Administration for Community Living together account for approximately 58% of all recent prime awards, supporting formula grants across child care subsidies, child support enforcement, family violence prevention, and nutrition services for tribal elders. Between FY 2022 and FY 2026, Delaware Tribe has received recurring formula grants under the Child Care and Development Fund (CFDA 93.596, $398.9 thousand awarded October 2025), the Child Care and Development Block Grant Discretionary program (CFDA 93.575, $5.17 million awarded October 2025), the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (CFDA 93.568, $100.7 thousand awarded October 2025), the Older Americans Act Title VI Part A nutrition and caregiver support programs, and the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563, $746.7 thousand awarded October 2025). These grants fund the tribe's administration of federally mandated benefit programs for its jurisdictional population in northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas.

Beyond HHS, the Department of the Interior funds cultural and environmental work. The National Park Service (National Office and Northeast Region) accounts for $277 thousand and $120 thousand respectively in combined potential value across 15 awards, primarily small-dollar contracts for tribal monitoring and infrastructure preservation at national parks — a $39.5 thousand highway preservation contract at Denali National Park (awarded September 2024), a $164.7 thousand monitoring contract extension at Warren, New Jersey (awarded March 2024), and a $33.5 thousand HVAC rehabilitation contract at a federal facility in Middle City East, Pennsylvania (awarded April 2024). The Institute of Museum and Library Services has funded cultural and language preservation; a $144.3 thousand project grant (CFDA 45.311, awarded October 2025) supports three complementary programs — the Community at Large Outreach Program for digital and mailed cultural resources, the Reconnection Program for guided education and mentorship, and the Continued Cultural Programming Initiative for in-person classes and intergenerational learning. The Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime has funded victim services through the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841, $282.6 thousand awarded January 2025).

Grant sub-award activity reflects the tribe's role as pass-through recipient under other tribal and state grantees. Delaware Tribe has received sub-awards from the Cherokee Nation for child care and block grant administration, from the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council and Oklahoma State Attorney General for domestic violence and sexual assault victim services, and from state departments of education for child nutrition reimbursement. A sub-award from the University of Georgia Research Foundation reflects participation in the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program (December 2025).

Activity has remained relatively flat across recent years — 19 awards in 2022, peaking at 21 in 2024, declining to 13 in 2025 and 6 awards in the first nine months of 2026 (a partial-year snapshot). Sixteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months face recompete. Combined potential value across all 230 awards in the source totals $396 thousand, though the tribe has obligated $99.6 million across those awards, indicating significant dollars flowing through pass-through or formula grant mechanisms not fully captured in potential-value reporting. The tribe serves 31 distinct federal agencies, but concentration is tight: the top five customer categories (all variants of HHS) cover 58% of award count. Subsidiary Tahkox E2 LLC, a tribally owned for-profit limited liability company with self-certified small disadvantaged business status, has not yet appeared in the prime or sub-award record presented here, though it represents potential contracting leverage for future federal procurements.