Oneida Indian Nation

Oneida Indian Nation, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Oneida, New York, is a recipient of federal grants across health services, library operations, environmental sustainability, infrastructure, and economic development, operating 100% as a prime recipient with no recorded federal contracting activity as a prime or subcontractor on contracts or contract vehicles.

The Nation's federal footprint is grant-driven, spanning 126 awards across thirty-two distinct customer agencies since 1992. Recent activity shows variability: four awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, five in 2024, three in 2025, and four in 2026. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $31 thousand, though obligated dollars total $90.2 million, reflecting formula-grant and multi-year cooperative agreement structures where potential values reflect annual allocations rather than life-of-award ceilings. The Nation demonstrates a recompete exposure of eleven awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months.

Customer concentration centers on the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL), which accounts for thirty-four awards spanning Older Americans Act Title VI grants for Native Americans (Parts A and C), the Nutrition Services Incentive Program for Native Americans, and related supportive and caregiver services to tribal elders aged sixty and older. The Institute of Museum and Library Services has funded thirteen awards focused on library administration, materials acquisition, archival renovation, and preservation of Oneida cultural heritage and language learning. The Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Program has supported nine awards for tribal law enforcement equipment, training, and community policing capacity under the Tribal Resources Grant Equipment and Training Program. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office has funded seven awards for Indian Housing Block Grants and community development block grants.

Beyond social services and library operations, the Nation has received significant infrastructure and sustainability funding: a $16.03 million Highway Planning and Construction grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205) to install EV charging stations along transportation corridors on Nation lands, completion targeted for December 2030; a $600 thousand Cooperative Forestry Assistance grant from the USDA Forest Service (CFDA 10.664) to expand maple, birch, and cherry tree planting at the W HTA' Maple Farm operation, supporting both maple syrup production and wildlife habitat; and multiple energy efficiency project grants from the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs totaling over $400 thousand to deploy weatherization, HVAC, lighting, and occupancy-sensor upgrades across Nation properties, with projected annual energy savings of $260 thousand and reduced annual greenhouse gas emissions by 7,864 tons of CO2 equivalent.

The Nation also received a $658,088 EPA Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant to replace transit buses operated at the Turning Stone Resort Casino with zero-emission electric vehicles, and a $453,365 COPS Office grant for tribal policing capacity. Health services work includes a $16.4 million Cooperative Agreement under the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (CFDA 93.865) with the Indian Health Service, transitioning the Nation to individual awardee status after years as a sub-awardee under United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., to deliver preventive and treatment services at the Oneida Indian Nation Health Services facility. Cultural preservation grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have funded archive facility assessments and renovations totaling $350 thousand.

The Nation holds one named subsidiary, Croop-Lafrance Inc., designated as a tribally owned firm, Indian Economic Enterprise, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise, and self-certified small disadvantaged business. The subsidiary does not carry recorded awards in the source data and appears positioned to support Nation procurement and economic development objectives.