Chitimacha Tribe Of Louisiana

Chitimacha Tribe Of Louisiana, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Jeanerette, Louisiana, operates as a tribal government receiving federal grants across education, transportation, public safety, child care, healthcare, housing, and community development. The tribe acts exclusively as a prime grant recipient (100% of recent awards) with no contract awards, contract sub-awards, or federal contract vehicles in its portfolio. The tribe's corporate structure includes three tribally owned subsidiaries: Sitimaxa Holdings LLC (tribally owned, minority-owned not-for-profit organization); Keta International, L.L.C. (tribally owned, Indian economic enterprise, self-certified small disadvantaged business); and Keta Group, LLC (tribally owned, minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business).

The Chitimacha Tribe's federal funding portfolio is heavily concentrated in human services and community development grants from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Transportation. The top five customer agencies by award count, covering 56% of all awards, are the Administration for Children and Families (30, 20, and 17 awards in separate subtotals), the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (18 awards), and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (10 awards). The tribe's customer base spans 29 distinct federal agencies, but concentration remains high within HHS child care, child welfare, and early childhood development programs, which collectively anchor the majority of recent awards.

Recent representative grants include a $3.35 million Indian Housing Block Grant from HUD (January 2025 through December 2029) for affordable housing construction and rehabilitation; a $2.084 million Highway Planning and Construction grant from the Federal Highway Administration for FY2025 tribal transportation (February 2025); a $1.722 million Tribal Climate Resilience block grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (July 2024 through September 2027) for climate vulnerability assessment and resilience strategy; an $865,735 Tribal Justice Assistance grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (October 2024 through September 2029) to establish a tribal probation officer and detective position and fund advocacy training; and repeated annual formula grants for Child Care and Development Fund (CFDA 93.575), Child Welfare Social Services, and Indian Education support. The tribe also receives recurring transportation funding under the Tribal Transportation Program (CFDA 20.289) with multiple awards totaling over $6 million in FY2024-2025.

Activity shows moderate growth — eight awards in 2022, nine in 2023, sixteen in 2024, and thirteen in 2025, with the most recent award (a Native American Library Services Basics grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services) dated August 1, 2026. Fourteen awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face annual recompete. The source reports a combined potential value across all 170 awards of only $24 thousand, contradicted by obligated dollars of $73.7 million, indicating the vast majority of the tribe's federal funding is structured as formula or block grants that do not carry per-award dollar ceilings in SAM reporting. The tribe's footprint spans interior development (housing, broadband, climate adaptation), law enforcement and justice system capacity building, child care subsidy and quality improvement, library and school operations, and diabetes prevention and community health initiatives. All work is performed for and within the Chitimacha Tribe's service area in Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana.