Miami Tribe Of Oklahoma

Miami Tribe Of Oklahoma, doing business as Miami Nation, is a federally recognized Indian tribe based in Miami, Oklahoma that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting tribal government operations, social services, infrastructure, and community development. The tribe holds SBA certifications as an 8(a) Business Development Program participant and a HUBZone firm, though these designations appear to have expired (8(a) August 2011, HUBZone August 2006 per SAM registration). The tribe operates as a tribal government entity delivering services across health, human services, transportation, law enforcement, historic preservation, and environmental management within its jurisdiction in northeast Oklahoma.

Miami Nation's federal footprint consists entirely of grant funding—332 awards totaling $136.7 million obligated across its history, with all work conducted as prime recipient rather than subrecipient. Recent activity has remained steady at 13 to 16 awards per year across 2022–2025, with three awards recorded for 2026 to date. The tribe serves 33 distinct federal agencies, concentrated among health and human services funders. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education leads by award count with 41 awards, followed by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families with 39 awards, and the HHS Administration for Community Living with 21 awards.

The tribe's grant portfolio divides between formula grants supporting recurring programs and project grants funding discrete initiatives. Representative recent awards include a $206,840 three-year formula grant from the Administration on Aging (CFDA 93.047) awarded April 1, 2026, for Special Programs for the Aging Title VI nutrition, supportive, and caregiver services; a $1,820,401.62 project grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.289) awarded November 13, 2025, for Tribal Transportation Program road construction and maintenance on tribal lands; a $4.8 million block grant from the Office of Child Care (CFDA 93.575) awarded October 1, 2025, for Child Care and Development Block Grant child care subsidies and infrastructure; a $323,363 project grant from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (CFDA 16.710) awarded October 1, 2025, for hiring law enforcement officers under the Tribal Resources Grant Hiring Program; and a $106,944 project grant from the COPS Office (CFDA 16.710) awarded October 1, 2025, for law enforcement equipment and training. The tribe also participates in an inter-tribal consortium including the Wyandotte Nation, Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, and Seneca-Cayuga Nation to deliver federal criminal prosecution services under a Department of Justice grant (CFDA 16.596) supporting a Special Assistant United States Attorney position for the six-tribe region.

Eighteen awards (combined ultimate completion date in the next twenty-four months) face recompete exposure. The top three PSC categories are Social—Direct Aid To Tribal Governments (PL 93-638) with 35 awards, Medical—Other with 17 awards, and Medical—Managed Healthcare with 5 awards, reflecting the tribe's concentration in health, human services, and law enforcement grant administration. Recent deliverables span child care subsidies and quality improvement, elder nutrition and caregiver support, tribal transportation infrastructure, law enforcement capacity building, domestic violence prevention and victim services, child welfare and family support, low-income energy assistance, historic preservation, environmental monitoring, and broadband infrastructure deployment under COVID-19 capital project funding.