Duckwater Shoshone Tribe

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Duckwater, Nevada, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across environmental, education, infrastructure, and tribal services programs, with no significant federal prime contracting footprint. The tribe holds tribal ownership and minority-institution designation and operates a subsidiary, Duckwater Shoshone Economic Development Corporation, which carries self-certified small disadvantaged business status.

The tribe's federal award footprint is heavily weighted toward formula grants and project grants rather than contracts. Recent prime grant work spans water quality protection and environmental program administration under EPA Region 9 Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605)—including a $70,218 award effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, for tribal water quality monitoring, best management practices implementation, and community outreach—Indian education formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, historic preservation grants under the National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund (CFDA 15.904), broadband infrastructure deployment through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and diabetes prevention programming through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The tribe also received Bipartisan Infrastructure Law formula funding from the Department of Energy for electric grid resilience improvements, a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund grant from the Treasury Department, and an Indian Community Development Block Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office.

Customer concentration reflects the grant-based model. The top five funding agencies by award count—the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (20 awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office (12 awards), the Environmental Protection Agency (10 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service (10 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (8 awards)—represent 48% of awards. The combined potential value across all 126 awards (prime and sub) stands at $43 thousand, but obligated dollars total $49 million, reflecting the formula-grant structure where obligated funding exceeds potential-value reporting. As a subrecipient, the tribe receives pass-through grants from Nevada's Division of Child and Family Services for victim assistance and family services, and from the Nevada Department of Agriculture for the National School Lunch Program. Five awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, primarily formula grants in their final-year cycles.