Zuni Pueblo Of

Zuni Pueblo Of, doing business as Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise, is a tribally owned, federally recognized Indian tribe operating from Zuni, New Mexico, that acts as a federal grant recipient focused on cultural resource management, historic preservation, and tribal heritage documentation. The entity is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and operates as a division or subsidiary of the Pueblo Of Zuni tribal government. Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise competes as a prime recipient on federal grants (98% of recent awards) rather than as a contractor, and works predominantly under set-aside and tribal-preference funding vehicles that recognize the tribe's unique standing under the National Historic Preservation Act and Indian tribal partnership frameworks.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on cultural and environmental stewardship work spanning historic preservation, tribal heritage documentation, and Grand Canyon–Glen Canyon resource monitoring. Representative work includes a $195,060 project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.511) awarded in September 2025 to develop a three-phase Zuni heritage coloring book project with completion by June 2027; recurring formula grants under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid (CFDA 15.904) from the National Park Service National Office in fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 to support tribal historic preservation office activities under the National Historic Preservation Act; and a project grant from the Bureau of Reclamation awarded in October 2022 for tribal monitoring and adaptive management participation in the Glen Canyon Dam program, running through September 2027, which includes participation in adaptive management working groups, document review, historic property monitoring, and production of annual performance evaluation reports.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Interior. The Bureau of Reclamation leads by combined potential value (9 awards, $1.3 million) and is the single largest funder of Zuni's heritage coloring book and Glen Canyon Dam monitoring work. The National Park Service National Office and regional offices (across multiple sub-units) account for 20 awards, primarily through recurring historic preservation fund formula grants. The Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service anchors 42 awards by count but carries minimal dollar value, indicating smaller individual health or public health grants. The portfolio spans 12 distinct customer agencies; the top five account for 73% of award count and 94% of combined potential value. Activity has been sparse in recent years (one award each in 2023 and 2024, two in 2025, one in 2026), with combined potential value of $1.5 million offset by $12.3 million in total obligated dollars historically, a signal of long-running multi-year grant programs with periodic amendments and reobligations. Two awards reach completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor also receives sub-grant awards — a $293,340 amendment to a University of New Mexico pass-through grant in May 2026 and a $232,556 split award in September 2025 — indicating engagement as a sub-recipient on tribal research and transit projects. The category concentration reflects the heritage mission: eight awards map to historical sites, eleven to archaeological/paleontological special studies, and seven to environmental consulting, anchoring the vendor's positioning as a cultural and environmental steward for tribal lands and culturally significant sites.

ZCRE conducts archeological surveys, site re-assessments, phased data recovery investigations, monitoring, historic architectural documentary assessments, ARPA site assessments, and site stabilization procedures, and Environmental Assessments.