Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Bombay, New York, that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across health, human services, environmental management, and community development programs serving the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory in northern New York. The Tribe does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles but has established itself as a major recipient of formula grants, project grants, cooperative agreements, and block grants from civilian federal agencies, with 86% of its 457 recent awards classified as prime recipient activity.

The Tribe's federal grant footprint spans multiple customer agencies and grant programs. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads the award count at 46 awards, followed closely by HHS Administration for Children and Families again at 38 awards (likely reflecting subcategory delineation in the source), the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service with 33 awards, HHS Administration for Community Living with 26 awards, and the Environmental Protection Agency with 22 awards. These five agencies account for 36% of the Tribe's award volume. The combined obligated amount across all awards totals $302.7 million against a combined potential value of $4 thousand, indicating that individual awards carry dollar values far exceeding their listed ceiling figures and reflecting the Tribe's heavy reliance on formula-based and multi-year grant distributions.

The Tribe's capability portfolio centers on tribal governance and community-facing human services delivered to tribal members in Akwesasne and surrounding counties. Representative grant work includes formula grants under the Older Americans Act (nutrition services, caregiver support, and Title VI elder services from the Administration on Aging), child support enforcement and family violence prevention services through HHS, environmental protection and invasive species management (emerald ash borer mitigation, air quality monitoring, brownfields remediation, and solid waste recycling infrastructure) through EPA Region 2 and EPA Region 5, low-income home energy assistance through the Office of Community Services, and judicial and public safety capacity building through the Department of Justice. Specific recent awards include a $793,881 EPA Performance Partnership Grants award (CFDA 66.605) for environmental program development; a $997,503 EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative award (CFDA 66.469) for fish tissue contaminant analysis in the St. Lawrence River; a $632,458 COPS Office grant (CFDA 16.710) for community policing equipment and training; a $645,937 Treatment Court Discretionary Grant (CFDA 16.585) to enhance the Tribal Healing to Wellness Court; and recurring nutrition and elder services formula grants totaling in the low hundreds of thousands annually. The Tribe also acts as a sub-recipient on state pass-through grants from the New York Office of Child and Family Services and the New York State Office of Addiction Services & Supports, receiving subawards for youth and family programming.

Activity has grown modestly over the past five years, rising from 25 awards in 2022 to a peak of 48 in 2024, with 43 awards in 2025 and 8 recorded through early 2026 (reflecting a partial-year count). Thirty-seven awards face ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent recompete exposure. The Tribe operates through a parent structure and maintains one named subsidiary, Mohawk Networks LLC, designated as a tribally owned firm, Indian economic enterprise, and minority-owned business.

The Tribe's grant portfolio reflects the dual mandate of tribal sovereignty and direct service delivery to tribal members. Work is performed on tribal lands (the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory spanning New York, Quebec, and Ontario) with administrative oversight at the Bombay headquarters. The grant programs are largely formula-based and non-competitive, reserved for federally recognized tribes under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act eligibility, and include programs addressing elder services, child support, family violence prevention, substance abuse treatment and prevention, environmental stewardship, judicial capacity, and economic development. The Tribe does not engage in federal contracting and carries no seat on GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDVs; its federal engagement is restricted to grant recipient status across civilian agencies.