Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Fort Yates, North Dakota, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and contracts across a diverse portfolio spanning healthcare, infrastructure, environmental protection, nutrition assistance, child welfare, and cultural preservation. The tribe operates predominantly as a grant recipient (700 of 708 awards are prime awards) rather than as a contracting prime, with work performed across the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation spanning approximately 2.3 million acres across North Dakota and South Dakota.

The tribe's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in grant awards. Recent prime contract work includes a $736,767 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Indian Health Service for Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) healthcare services (awarded September 26, 2025, through September 30, 2026), a $33,000 definitive contract from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for FY 2026 Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) services (awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026), and a $71,880 purchase order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for cultural resources site monitoring services (awarded July 19, 2024, through July 21, 2027). The tribe also holds a prior Indian Health Service contract valued at $1.07 million for diabetes education, annual screening, continuity of care, and treatment services at Fort Yates IHS Hospital (awarded December 15, 2021, through December 31, 2027, with modifications).

Grant recipients and programs dominate the award portfolio. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education leads by count with 103 awards; the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service ranks second with 121 combined awards across two agency subdivisions (76 and 45 awards). The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (58 awards) and the Environmental Protection Agency (44 awards) round out the top tier. Within this portfolio, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe serves as prime recipient for formula grants and project grants across nutrition assistance (WIC, SNAP, FDPIR), child care and development (CCDBG, CCDF), child support enforcement, energy infrastructure, transportation capital improvements, environmental programs (water quality, air quality, brownfields, underground storage tank management), historic preservation, opioid response, and emergency preparedness. Representative recent award examples include a $3.99 million Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) formula grant from the Office of Community Services (CFDA 93.568, October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027); a $2.77 million Child Care and Development Block Grant discretionary block grant from the Office of Child Care (CFDA 93.575, October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028); a $1.49 million Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) project grant from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.567, October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027); an $18.57 million National Infrastructure Investments program (RAISE) project grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.933) for Route 6 reconstruction and preservation in Fort Yates, North Dakota (awarded March 5, 2026, through December 30, 2029); and a $3.635 million WIC Grants to States project grant from the Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.578, awarded September 27, 2024, through September 30, 2027) for WIC management information systems modernization and electronic benefit transfer technology.

Activity has remained relatively stable, with 26 awards in 2022, 39 in 2023, 25 in 2024, and 21 in 2025. Forty-two awards (combined potential value $1.6 million) have ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete. The tribe's combined potential value across all 708 awards stands at $5 million; however, combined dollars obligated total $485.6 million, indicating substantial delivered performance across its long-standing grant relationships.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe operates as a sub-recipient in a limited capacity—eight sub-awards through the South Dakota Department of Education for National School Lunch Program (NSLP) block grant claims (school lunch administration) beginning October 4, 2024. The tribe also maintains a named subsidiary, Standing Rock Telecommunications, Inc., a tribally owned firm and Indian Economic Enterprise with small business disadvantaged certifications that is classified as a Subchapter S corporation. The source does not indicate separate contracting activity for the telecommunications subsidiary.

The tribal government's federal role centers on direct service delivery to tribal members and reservation residents across social services, healthcare, nutrition assistance, environmental stewardship, and infrastructure development, with work performed on tribal lands where the tribe maintains direct governance authority. The award portfolio reflects the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's sustained capacity to manage complex federal grant programs spanning multiple departments and agencies.