Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Of The Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Of The Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, doing business as Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, is a federally recognized Indian tribe based in Tokeland, Washington that receives federal grants as a prime recipient across infrastructure, environmental, public safety, health, and cultural programs. The tribe does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively in the grant space, with 93% of its 142 recent awards held as prime recipient and 7% as a sub-recipient under state or tribal prime grantees.

The tribe's customer base spans 36 federal agencies, with concentration across Interior (Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education, 27 awards), Health and Human Services (Public Health Service, 13 awards), Housing and Urban Development (Public and Indian Housing Office, 10 awards), the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (10 awards), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (7 awards). These five customers account for 47% of recent award count. The top PSC codes reflect the tribe's grant footprint: Social Direct Aid To Tribal Governments (21 awards), Medical Managed Healthcare (13 awards), and specialized environmental and species-protection work.

Recent capability work illustrates the breadth of the tribe's federal engagement. As a prime recipient under the Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program (CFDA 20.943), the tribe received $313,200 from the Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary in August 2026 to develop legal, technical, and financial advisory support for the Shoalwater Bay Tribal Campus Road project through August 2029. The Federal Highway Administration awarded $2,537,799.58 under the National Infrastructure Investments program (CFDA 20.933) in May 2024 for the Upland Village Relocation Road Project, with completion scheduled for October 2028. The tribe received $313,200 from the Federal Highway Administration in June 2026 under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) to develop a comprehensive safety action plan for tribal roadways. Environmental work includes a $263,963 Performance Partnership Grants award (CFDA 66.605) from EPA Region 10 running through September 2029 for water quality planning, monitoring, and nonpoint source pollution management, and a $198,928 Tribal Wildlife Grant (CFDA 15.639) from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 for Western Snowy Plover and Streaked Horned Lark conservation and habitat restoration.

The tribe also operates significant cultural and library programming under the Institute of Museum and Library Services Native American Library Services Basics Grant, with multiple recent project grants supporting acquisition of library materials, staff training, and community programming. Public safety funding includes multiple awards under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), including a $461,138 award from DOJ for hiring additional law enforcement officers through September 2027 and a $166,159 award for equipment and training through September 2026. Health programming is anchored by a five-year $45,587 Cooperative Agreement with CDC for tribal diabetes education (awarded January 2023, extending through December 2027). The tribe also received a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund formula grant from Treasury for broadband infrastructure deployment and housing support through IHBG and other HUD programs.

As a sub-recipient, the tribe receives awards through the Washington State Health Care Authority for behavioral health services to tribal members, through the Washington State Department of Commerce for victim-of-crime services, and through the National Main Street Center for capacity-building in tribal government project management and federal oversight. Activity has remained relatively flat across the past five years (7 awards in 2022, 9 in 2024, 5 in 2026 year-to-date), with six awards (combined potential value unspecified in source) facing completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. The tribe's combined obligated dollars across all awards total $54.6 million, substantially exceeding the reported combined potential value of $46,000, reflecting the realized dollar draw on formula and project grants dating back to 1991.