Shivwits Band Of Paiutes

Shivwits Band Of Paiutes, a federally recognized tribal government located on the Shivwits Reservation near Ivins, Utah, acts as the prime recipient of federal grants focused on tribal infrastructure, public safety planning, natural resource management, and broadband connectivity. The tribe operates as a tribally owned entity with a named subsidiary, Shivwits Band Corporation, certified as a minority-owned small disadvantaged business and Indian economic enterprise. The tribe does not hold federal contracts; its federal engagement is exclusively through grant programs.

The tribe's recent grant footprint spans seven awards across distinct federal agencies, with total dollars obligated of $3.2 million. Awards reflect a portfolio of infrastructure and community development work. The tribe received a $500,000 Economic Development Administration project grant (CFDA 11.307) in September 2022 for design and engineering of a solar farm and hydroelectric power plant on the reservation, with ultimate completion in March 2024. In September 2023, the tribe became recipient of a National Telecommunications and Information Administration project grant for the Shivwits Connectivity Project, a design and planning effort for broadband infrastructure including single-mode fiber to residential housing and tribal buildings, and wireless mesh networks serving outdoor areas on the reservation, with completion in May 2027. The tribe received a $713,554 Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service grant (CFDA 15.069, Zoonotic Disease Initiative) in June 2023 for wildlife zoonosis surveillance and prevention capacity building, including community education, personnel training, and regional collaboration on emerging disease threats through July 2026. In February 2023, the tribe became recipient of a Department of the Treasury Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund formula grant for broadband infrastructure construction and deployment meeting 100 Mbps symmetrical speed standards, with completion in December 2026. In August 2024, the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law community wildfire defense grant for comprehensive wildfire protection planning, completing in April 2029. Most recently, in October 2025, the Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the tribe a project grant to develop a Shivwits Justice System Strategic Plan guiding establishment of a tribal public safety department, responding to trespassing, drug trafficking, and the tribe's current reliance on Washington County for law enforcement services; the award runs through September 2030. Earlier, in November 2021, the tribe received a Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 grant for a Paiute fish and wildlife climate adaptation strategy with habitat restoration planning, completed in October 2023.

Customer concentration is flat across agencies — five federal entities account for 71% of awards, with no single agency dominating the footprint. Activity has been episodic (one award per year in 2021 and 2022, three in 2023, one each in 2024 and 2025). Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months. The tribe operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no parent vehicles, subcontracting activity, or contract prime awards.