Napaimute Native Village Of

Napaimute Native Village Of, doing business as Napaimute Traditional Council, is a federally recognized Indian tribe based in Bethel, Alaska that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across environmental management, transportation infrastructure, library services, and subsistence fisheries monitoring. The vendor does not hold federal contracts; all work is grant-based, with 91% of recent awards as prime recipient and 9% as sub-recipient under university-administered research programs.

Napaimute's grant portfolio spans twenty federal agencies and totals $14.9 million obligated across eighty-one awards since 2002. The top five funding sources by award count—the Federal Highway Administration (16 awards), the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (9 awards), the Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 (7 awards), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (7 awards), and the Environmental Protection Agency (7 awards)—account for 57% of all recent awards. Activity accelerated in 2025 with eleven awards and has remained steady year over year, with five awards (combined obligated value not specified in source) completing in the next twenty-four months.

Napaimute's capability footprint centers on tribal infrastructure and resource stewardship. As prime recipient, the vendor manages the Partner for Fisheries Monitoring Program (PFMP) with the Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7, employing a biologist, outreach coordinator, and three part-time fisheries technicians to conduct subsistence salmon monitoring, mark-recapture studies of broad whitefish, and harvest-reporting coordination across the Middle Kuskokwim River region; this work spans multiple cooperative agreements since 2024, with the most recent award through December 2027. Napaimute receives recurring tribal transportation program formula grants from the Federal Highway Administration under the Tribal Transportation Program for transportation infrastructure and planning in southwest Alaska. The vendor operates a community library funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Native American Library Services Basics Grant, providing 24/7 internet access, generator fuel, and library materials to a remote population reliant on the library as the primary internet and computer access point. EPA funding supports brownfields response program capacity-building under CERCLA Section 128(a) grants, with environmental staff conducting site inventory, assessment, and cleanup planning of abandoned mining sites across traditional tribal lands. The vendor also received Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund formula grant support (through December 2026) for broadband infrastructure deployment designed to meet 100 Mbps symmetrical speeds, and operates a Tribal Victims Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) program providing culturally appropriate victim-of-crime services through December 2026.

Napaimute acts as sub-recipient on energy research projects under University of Alaska Fairbanks prime awards, including work on modular roverine hydrokinetic energy systems and microgrid control coordination. The vendor holds no parent contract vehicles, GWACs, or BPAs; all federal engagement flows through formula and project grant programs reserved for federally recognized tribes.