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Grants Totaling $2 Million Awarded to 30 Tribes
Forty-six projects by 30 tribes received news that they would be receiving funding grants from the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) on October 10. The funds totaling $2 million was announced by Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk.
The Native American Business Development Institute (NABDI) provided the grants through its program to foster economic activity and initiative to create jobs in tribal communities. These grants will allow the tribes to hire consultants to perform feasibility studies of tribal economic development opportunities or long-term, strategic, reservation-wide economic development plans.
“Providing funding for tribes to conduct the research necessary for developing their economic and business plans is a vital and necessary part of Indian Affairs’ mission,” Echo Hawk said. “The funds provided by the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development’s Native American Business Development Institute technical assistance grant program are the seeds that, if carefully tended, will help Indian country’s economy to bloom and grow.”
The IEED received 79 tribal funding requests that had an approximate total of $7.8 million as part of a response to its solicitation of proposals published to the Federal Register on July 13.
The following is the list of tribes who received grants by state:
Arizona
Hualapai Indian Tribe
Grant Award: $75,000
Purpose: For a feasibility study on the expansion or replacement of the only local grocery store.
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
Grant Award: $26,000
Purpose: For a market feasibility study on the development of a local grocery store.
Navajo Nation
Grant Award: $150,000
Purpose: For ten projects that include feasibility studies on developing a variety of on- reservation businesses, and market assessment and planning to support the development of a tribal solar energy manufacturing facility and a tribal commercial scale bio-fuels facility.
Yavapai-Prescott Tribe
Grant Award: $39,997
Purpose: To develop the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Telecommunication Infrastructure Feasibility Project.
California
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
Grant Award: $55,000
Purpose: For a strategic plan for agricultural economic development.
Karuk Tribe
Grant Award: $43,838
Purpose: For a tribe-wide economic development plan.
Santa Rosa Indian Community
Grant Award: $110,000
Purpose: For feasibility studies on the development of a commercial retail center and for a biomass/ renewable energy project.
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
Grant Award: $50,000
Purpose: For a market analysis on and an applicable business plan for a travel plaza.
Colorado
Ute Mountain Tribe
Grant Award: $30,000
Purpose: To prepare a master plan for the expansion and development of on-reservation tribal enterprises.
Kansas
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians
Grant Award: $57,900
Purpose: For a comprehensive economic development plan.
Maine
Penobscot Tribe
Grant Award: $69,576
Purpose: For a feasibility study for an alternative energy-related business.
Michigan
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
Grant Award: 22,900
Purpose: For a feasibility analysis and impact study on agricultural economic development initiatives.
Minnesota
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Grant Award: $15,000
Purpose: For a feasibility study on the merits of starting a vocational education program in the area of construction and carpentry technology.
Montana
Crow Tribe
Grant Award: $50,000
Purpose: For a reservation-wide economic development strategy focused on tourism.
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Grant Award: $55,043
Purpose: For a feasibility study on a motel/lodging business in conjunction with local mining operations.
Nevada
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes
Grant Award: $59,500
Purpose: For a reservation-wide economic development plan with an emphasis on the U.S. Highway 96 commercial district.
Wells Indian Colony Band Council, Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians
Grant Award: $69,850
Purpose: For an economic development plan that includes an incubator feasibility study, a land use study and a tribally chartered economic development enterprise.
New York
Shinnecock Indian Nation
Grant Award: $49,500
Purpose: For feasibility studies on the development of a gas station/convenience store business and on long-term economic development initiatives.
North Dakota
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota
Grant Award: $100,000
Purpose: For feasibility studies on small business development on the Standing Rock Reservation and for the tribe’s telecommunications company Standing Rock Telecom.
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation
Grant Award: $100,000
Purpose: For a feasibility/economic impact study in regards to the recent oil boom of the Bakken Shale Formation.
Oklahoma
Delaware Nation
Grant Award: $60,000
Purpose: For a feasibility study on a joint-venture solar module manufacturing business.
Oregon
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
Grant Award: $35,000
Purpose: To develop and implement a comprehensive strategic economic plan.
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
Grant Award: $74,154
Purpose: For a comprehensive economic development strategy.
South Dakota
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
Grant Award: $175,000
Purpose: To establish baseline analysis on creating Tribal Intellectual Property (TIP) centers on tribal lands across the U.S. and for feasibility studies for projects relating to a hydrogen production facility, an electrical micro-grid business, the operation of convenience and/or retail stores and expansion of an existing tribal fish hatchery for water bottling and aquaculture.
Utah
Indian Peaks Band, Paiute Indian Tribe
Grant Award: $50,000
Purpose: For an economic feasibility study for an RV park/campground.
Washington
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Grant Award: $75,672
Purpose: To develop feasibility studies to update the tribe’s current strategic plan and for the development of an indoor water park.
Port Gamble Indian Community
Grant Award: $121,442
Purpose: For two projects that include developing a strategic long-term economic development plan and a local market study of the Noo-Kayet Development Corporation.
Quileute Tribe
Grant Award: $81,330
Purpose: For feasibility studies on the development of a conference center facility in conjunction with the existing Ocean Side Resort and on the renovation and expansion of services related to the tribe’s marina.
Swinomish Indians of the Swinomish Reservation
Grant Award: $45,500
Purpose: For a tribal economic zone market analysis study.
Wisconsin
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Grant Award: $50,000
Purpose: For feasibility studies on the redevelopment and reuse of an old casino site and facilities.
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