Nunakauyarmiut Tribe

Nunakauyarmiut Tribe, doing business as Nunakauyak Traditional Council, is a federally recognized Alaska Native tribal government based in Toksook Bay, Alaska that receives federal grants as a prime recipient across community development, public safety, behavioral health, transportation, and environmental programs. The tribe does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles and operates entirely within the federal grant ecosystem as a direct recipient of project and formula grants from multiple federal agencies.

The tribe's grant portfolio spans 38 awards dating to 2004, with recent activity concentrated in the past five years across seventeen distinct federal customer agencies. The Department of Justice (via both Offices Boards and Divisions and the Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime), the Environmental Protection Agency, the Denali Commission, the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA and Administration on Children Youth and Families), the Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Transit Administration collectively account for the bulk of recent award volume. Nunakauyarmiut Tribe acts as prime recipient on all but one award in the source; a single sub-recipient role appears under Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on an FY25 GAP grant dated June 20, 2025.

Representative recent grants include a $9.7 million Federal Highway Administration National Infrastructure Investments (RAISE) award for the N.A.T.I.V.E III Nelson Island Accessibility and Transportation Infrastructure Viability Enhancement project through June 2026; a $663,780 Department of Justice COPS Office Tribal Resources Grant Hiring Program award for law enforcement hiring through September 2030; a $900,000 Department of Housing and Urban Development Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat award for housing reconstruction following typhoon and flood damage through October 2026; and a $187,168 Federal Transit Administration Formula Grant for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program award for establishment of regularly scheduled transit service in Toksook Bay through December 2026. The tribe also holds SAMHSA grants for evidence-based youth behavioral health and substance abuse prevention services, EPA grants for tribal environmental planning and solid waste management, and Department of Justice victim services and domestic violence prevention grants under Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside and Grants to Indian Tribal Governments programs.

Combined potential value across the portfolio stands at $22 thousand, but combined dollars obligated total $21 million, reflecting the heavily obligated, mature nature of the grant awards. Seven awards carry completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity for the tribe or potential gaps if renewal or successor funding is not secured. The tribe's grant work centers on tribal governance and service delivery — law enforcement capacity building, community transportation, housing, environmental management, victim services, and youth behavioral health — all performed in Toksook Bay and surrounding Yup'ik communities in southwest Alaska.