Native Village Of Scammon Bay

Native Village Of Scammon Bay, doing business as Scammon Bay Traditional Council, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government located in Scammon Bay, Alaska that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on tribal victim services, environmental capacity building, behavioral health prevention, and critical infrastructure. The entity does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal funding flows through grant awards and sub-awards, with 86% of recent activity as prime recipient rather than sub-recipient.

The tribal government's grant portfolio spans victim services, environmental management, substance abuse and suicide prevention, and pandemic-response capital projects. Recent representative work includes a $256,619 project grant from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) awarded January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, supporting comprehensive crime victim services delivery within the Scammon Bay community. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 funded a project grant (awarded October 1, 2024, completion September 30, 2026) for environmental capacity building and technical training in climate change, emergency preparedness, and solid waste management, with deliverables including semi-annual progress reports and documentation of environmental cleanups and community trainings. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services awarded a five-year project grant (September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029) for the Scammon Bay Native Connections program, an evidence-based youth prevention intervention called Qungasvik (Tools for Life) designed to reduce alcohol use and suicide risk among the community's 600-plus members, targeting 180 at-risk youth ages 10–24 through culturally centered peer-based and elder-led activities. A May 30, 2023 formula grant from the Department of the Treasury Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (ultimate completion December 31, 2026) supports broadband infrastructure and remote-connectivity capital projects meeting the 100 Mbps symmetrical download and upload speed threshold.

The tribal government also receives sub-awards through pass-through arrangements. The Alaska Energy Authority issued sub-awards for a bulk fuel facility replacement project in Scammon Bay, including a March 14, 2025 sub-award for conceptual design of bulk fuel upgrades (with potential extension to final design and construction), and earlier sub-awards (December 21, 2023 and March 8, 2024) documenting phased construction milestones for pad replacement and major procurement with a total estimated project value of six million five hundred thousand dollars and project closeout planned for December 2026.

Across 28 total awards from 13 distinct customer agencies, funding concentration is moderate and spread across multiple federal partners. The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (5 awards), Environmental Protection Agency (4 awards), Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program (3 awards), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (3 awards) account for 61% of the award count. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total ten million seven hundred thousand dollars. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete opportunity. Award activity has been episodic — three to two awards per year in recent years — reflecting the grant-based and project-driven funding model characteristic of tribal governments.