Northwestern Band Of Shoshone Nation

Northwestern Band Of Shoshone Nation, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Ogden, Utah, receives and administers federal grants as the prime recipient across tribal government, early childhood education, environmental stewardship, and cultural preservation programs. The tribe operates as a tribally owned entity (100% tribal ownership) and does not compete for federal contracts; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with 96 awards as prime recipient and 4 as sub-recipient under state and nonprofit pass-through grantees across 20 customer agencies since 1991.

The tribe's capability portfolio centers on child care subsidy administration, air quality and environmental monitoring, climate action planning, library and cultural programming, and water resource restoration. Representative work includes a $15.49 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families running through September 30, 2028, which the tribe administers as lead agency for child care vouchers and quality improvement services on the Washakie Reservation; an Inflation Reduction Act air quality monitoring grant from EPA Region 8 for equipment acquisition and calibration work at the Washakie Air Monitoring Station; and a $371,750 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants cooperative agreement (CFDA 66.046) from EPA Region 8 to develop a Priority Climate Action Plan and Comprehensive Climate Action Plan reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the Washakie Reservation near the Idaho-Utah border.

Customer concentration is dominated by child care and Indian education grantors. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads with 22 awards, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education follows with 21 awards, and the Environmental Protection Agency carries 9 awards (65% combined coverage). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $65.8 million. Concurrent child care awards include a $3.05 million Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds formula grant (CFDA 93.596) and an American Relief Act 2025 supplemental block grant, both running through September 30, 2028, positioning the tribe as a major sub-recipient of child care subsidies and quality services for low-income tribal families.

The tribe's grant awards concentrate in Title VII (social direct aid to tribal governments under Public Law 93-638), which accounts for 20 of the 100 awards in the source data. Secondary work spans the Institute of Museum and Library Services (6 awards for Shoshone language and culture programming, library expansion, and community educational materials), the Bureau of Reclamation (stream restoration and water infrastructure), and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (the Newe Pathways Project, a culture-based college and career readiness initiative awarded October 1, 2026, running through September 30, 2027). Recent sub-award engagement includes a Tribal Social Services Block Grant sub-award from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (April 2026) and a Bear River Massacre Site wetland and cultural restoration sub-award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (August 2025).

Activity has fluctuated across the source window — 7 awards in 2022, 10 in 2023, 4 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 3 thus far in 2026 — with 10 awards facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The corporate structure includes three named subsidiaries: Tope Technology, LLC (tribally owned for-profit limited liability company, certified as Indian Economic Enterprise and Small Disadvantaged Business), Northwestern Band Of Shoshoni Nation (tribal government entity), and Northwestern Band Of The Shoshone Nation Corporation (tribally owned for-profit organization, minority-owned and Native American-owned). The tribe's grant footprint reflects its primary mission as a tribal government administering federal social programs, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation, and early childhood services for tribal members on and near the Washakie Reservation.