Eastern Shoshone Tribe

Eastern Shoshone Tribe, a federally recognized American Indian tribal government based in Fort Washakie, Wyoming, receives federal grants as a prime recipient across health, nutrition, family services, infrastructure, and cultural programs, with the vast majority of recent awards flowing through formula grants, project grants, and block grants from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Education. The tribe also holds one utility-services contract with the Department of the Interior for water and sewer provision at the Wind River Agency.

The tribe's federal footprint centers on HHS Administration for Children and Families (76 awards), the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (39 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (27 awards), with secondary engagement from HHS Indian Health Service, the National Park Service, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Department of the Interior's Rocky Mountain Region leads the tribal government's potential-value share at $205 thousand in combined potential value across 7 awards, though HHS and USDA awards dominate by count and operational investment.

Recent representative work includes a $300 thousand project grant from HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for the DNHC 988 Tribal Response program to increase 988 Lifeline awareness and staff training on the Wind River Reservation (award date September 30, 2026; performance through September 29, 2029); a $1 million continuation award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587) for victim services, shelter advocacy, legal services, and coordinated community response (award date October 1, 2025; performance through September 30, 2028); a $1.798 million HUD Indian Community Development Block Grant for housing, infrastructure, and economic development on the reservation (award date December 6, 2024; performance through March 13, 2028); and a $153 thousand firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Department of the Interior's Rocky Mountain Region for water and sewer utility services at Fort Washakie (award date June 27, 2024; performance through June 30, 2034). The tribe also operates recurring formula grants for WIC administration and food expenses, LIHEAP and LIHEAP infrastructure supplementation, child support enforcement, child welfare services, and Older Americans Act nutrition programs.

Activity trended upward from 2022 (23 awards) to 2024 (34 awards), then declined to 18 awards in 2024 and 22 in 2025, with only 5 awards recorded in the first nine months of 2026. Fourteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete or renewal pursuit. The tribe receives sub-awards through the Department of Health Wyoming (multiple CFDA lines for special education, immunization, epidemiology, and health department crises response), the University of Wyoming (geriatric workforce enhancement), the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Washington State University (contingency management implementation for the Doya Natsu Healing Center's substance abuse treatment program).

The Eastern Shoshone Tribe's federal award portfolio reflects its role as a sovereign tribal government administering federal entitlements and project funding for tribal members on the Wind River Indian Reservation, with over 4,300 enrolled members. The tribe's Doya Natsu Healing Center functions as the operational arm for behavioral health and substance abuse treatment programs, while the Eastern Shoshone Victim Services Department manages violence prevention and victim assistance. The tribe does not compete on federal contracts or hold seats on GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs; federal engagement is grant-based and service-delivery focused.