Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Baraga, Michigan, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants across a portfolio spanning health services, child welfare, community development, law enforcement, environmental management, and cultural preservation, with subsidiary operations including Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College and the tribally owned Aanikoosing Inc. The tribe does business as Ojibwa Lanes & Lounge and competes across 53 federal agencies, predominantly in block grant and formula grant programs that flow to tribal governments without competitive procurement; the tribe also holds five small-dollar prime contracts with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) operations, most recently a $33,000 firm fixed-price contract awarded October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2026.

The tribe's capability portfolio centers on administering federal entitlements and discretionary grants within its jurisdiction on the L'Anse Indian Reservation in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Representative work includes operation of child support enforcement services (CFDA 93.563, block grants totaling $659,404 awarded October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026), low-income home energy assistance (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568, $249,006 formula grant for October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027), child care and development services (CCDF, CFDA 93.575, discretionary grant of $174,190 awarded October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028), and community services programming under the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG, CFDA 93.569, $106,814 formula grant for October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027). The tribe also administers federal food distribution and nutrition programs, including the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR, CFDA 10.567, $263,010 project grant for October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027), and operates violence prevention and victim services under the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Environmental and natural resource work includes beach water quality monitoring, brownfields assessment and remediation, bat population monitoring under cooperative agreements with the Fish and Wildlife Service, and climate action planning under EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046). Culturally focused awards support tribal historic preservation, library services expansion, and Ojibwe language education and apprenticeship through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (CFDA 15.032, $400,000 project grant ended December 31, 2023).

Customer concentration is highly fragmented across HHS divisions, with the Administration for Children and Families (holding 182 awards combined across three listed categories), the Public Health Service (63 awards), and the EEOC (34 awards, $450,000 combined potential value) comprising the top tiers. The source identifies 53 distinct funding agencies, reflecting the tribe's broad footprint across social services, health, environmental, and justice administration programs. The top potential-value ranking is anchored by the EEOC's recurring annual TERO contracts, though the largest dollar volumes flow through formula-driven social services and child welfare awards from HHS. The recompete cliff shows 39 awards completing within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $33,000—a relatively low exposure in absolute terms, reflecting the non-discretionary, formula-grant character of most of the portfolio.

The award portfolio comprises 583 total awards (560 prime, 23 sub), with 96% in prime status. Recent activity shows 30 awards in 2022, 40 in 2023, 37 in 2024, declining to 24 in 2025 and 4 in 2026 through the source date of August 1, 2026. Combined potential value across all awards totals $586,000, while obligated dollars reach $191 million—a figure that reflects the true scale of federal funding flowing through the tribe's grant awards, where the source's "potential value" field appears to capture only contract ceilings rather than full grant awards. One parent vehicle surfaces: an indefinite delivery contract (239930046) with 3 task orders. Sub-award activity includes pass-through relationships with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for public health, WIC, and victim services programs, and with the Michigan Department of Education for USDA program support. The tribe acts as a sub-recipient on grants flowing through state intermediaries, with no evidence of significant prime contracting partnerships outside its core grant-administration role.