Native Village Of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government

Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government based in Utqiagvik, Alaska, operates as a grant recipient delivering social services, elder care, child care, youth justice, environmental stewardship, and cultural repatriation programs across 28 federal grantor agencies. The vendor holds 148 federal grant awards (100% as prime recipient, zero sub-awards) spanning the past two decades, with recent annual activity averaging three to six awards per year and nine awards reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months.

The vendor's grant portfolio concentrates heavily in human services. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (Administration on Aging) accounts for 39 awards, anchored by recurring formula grants under the Older Americans Act Title VI Parts A and C (elder nutrition, caregiver support) and the OAA Nutrition Services Incentive Program for Native Americans (CFDA 93.047), with the most recent FY2026 awards running through March 2029. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families holds 40 awards, including formula grants for child welfare social services, promoting safe and stable families, and child care and development block grants. Recent representative work includes a $431,743 discretionary block grant from the Office of Child Care (CFDA 93.575, effective October 2025 through September 2028) to administer child care subsidies and quality improvement initiatives for low-income families across Utqiagvik. The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded two project grants totaling $946,353 (Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program and Tribal Youth Program, CFDA 16.585 and 16.731 respectively, both running through September 2030) to enhance the Youth Healing to Wellness Court and tribal youth prevention and intervention services with culturally grounded programming including Eskimo Dance gatherings, mentor circles, and wraparound behavioral health referrals. The Department of the Interior National Park Service funded a $150,000 project grant (CFDA 15.922, October 2025 through September 2027) for NAGPRA documentation and repatriation planning of 3,909 Inupiat cultural items held at Indiana University. The vendor also holds an ongoing Department of Energy formula grant under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for electric grid resilience and a Department of the Treasury Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund award (May 2023 through December 2026) for broadband infrastructure and COVID-19 recovery capital projects. Earlier work included a $666,851 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers cooperative agreement (NALEMP environmental restoration, September 2021 through September 2023) and Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 capacity-building grants for tribal environmental program and water resource management spanning October 2021 through September 2025. The vendor acts exclusively as a prime grant recipient; no sub-award activity appears in the source.