WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $70.8 million in grant funding to 166 Indian and Native American entities to help provide employment and training services to low-income and unemployed Native American adults and youth – including American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian adults and youth – and create pathways to middle-class careers.
The grants reflect the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to supporting workforce pathways to good-paying jobs for all Americans, including those in typically underserved communities and some of the most geographically challenged areas in the U.S.
The grants will fund the delivery of services – including academic, occupational and literacy skills development – to individuals in Native American communities to equip them to compete in today’s workforce. These services will also promote the economic development and well-being of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities based on their specific goals and values.
$56,351,790 of the funds awarded will serve low-income and unemployed American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. The remaining $13,932,627 will serve low-income American Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian youth, from age 14 to 24, living on or near Indian reservations, as well as in Hawaii.
Grants are awarded to the following organizations, which include federally recognized tribes, Native American non-profit organizations, Native Hawaiian and Alaskan Native organizations:
Recipient
State
Adult
Funding
Youth
Funding
Inter-Tribal Council of Alabama
AL
$299,270
$5,128
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
AL
$95,944
$0
Aleutian-Pribilof Islands Association
AK
$29,073
$12,146
Association of Village Council Presidents
AK
$417,150
$166,257
Bristol Bay Native Association
AK
$120,183
$48,581
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes
AK
$196,418
$68,824
Chugachmiut
AK
$28,327
$5,938
Cook Inlet Tribal Council Inc.
AK
$418,299
$129,011
Copper River Native Association
AK
$19,032
$9,447
Kawerak Incorporated
AK
$156,459
$60,727
Kenaitze Indian Tribe
AK
$44,953
$22,941
Knik Tribe
AK
$31,474
$18,893
Kodiak Area Native Association
AK
$29,541
$9,447
Maniilaq Association
AK
$117,185
$52,630
Metlakatla Indian Community
AK
$18,951
$5,398
Orutsararmuit Native Council
AK
$53,681
$16,194
Tanana Chiefs Conference
AK
$294,544
$114,706
American Indian Association of Tucson
AZ
$351,316
$0
Colorado River Indian Tribes
AZ
$64,326
$32,388
Gila River Indian Community
AZ
$530,270
$213,219
Hopi Tribal Council
AZ
$225,819
$118,754
Hualapai Tribe
AZ
$33,836
$20,243
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.
AZ
$82,846
$38,595
Navajo Nation
AZ
$6,333,322
$3,095,717
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
AZ
$104,406
$55,329
Phoenix Indian Center Inc.
AZ
$1,482,236
$0
Quechan Indian Tribe
AZ
$34,907
$17,543
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
AZ
$87,955
$52,630
San Carlos Apache Community College
AZ
$400,457
$224,015
Tohono O’Odham Nation
AZ
$385,097
$225,364
White Mountain Apache Tribe
AZ
$471,722
$268,547
American Indian Center of Arkansas Inc.
AR
$331,106
$0
California Indian Manpower Consortium Inc.
CA
$3,461,355
$112,277
Native American Health Center Inc.
CA
$458,403
Northern California Indian Development Council Inc.
CA
$618,594
$62,347
So. California American Indian Resource Center Inc.
CA
$747,627
$0
Tule River Tribal Council
CA
$127,367
$8,097
United American Indian Involvement
CA
$1,706,653
$0
Denver Indian Center Inc.
CO
$645,730
$0
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
CO
$89,668
$22,941
Florida Governor’s Council on Indian Affairs Inc.
FL
$1,186,496
$0
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians
FL
$123,545
$5,668
Alu Like Inc.
HI
$1,367,546
$1,886,579
Nez Perce Tribe
ID
$71,248
$15,654
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Inc
ID
$185,080
$58,028
American Indian Center of Indiana Inc.
IN
$265,381
$0
United Tribes of Kansas and Southeast Nebraska Inc.
KS
$207,251
$10,526
Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana Inc.
LA
$502,473
$4,049
Penobscot Indian Nation
ME
$194,714
$25,371
Mashpee-Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council Inc.
MA
$59,916
$0
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
MI
$32,018
$0
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Inc.
MI
$96,066
$29,688
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
MI
$141,849
$0
Michigan Indian Employment and Training Services Inc.
MI
$326,319
$0
North American Indian Association of Detroit Inc.
MI
$165,405
$0
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
MI
$170,421
$19,702
Southeastern Michigan Indians Inc.
MI
$76,082
$0
American Indian Opportunities Inc.
MN
$265,795
$0
Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council
MN
$20,322
$9,177
Fond Du Lac Reservation
MN
$198,273
$18,353
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
MN
$45,605
$53,709
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians
MN
$55,050
$24,021
Minneapolis American Indian Center
MN
$352,803
$0
Northwest Indian OIC
MN
$107,323
$0
Red Lake Nation
MN
$221,612
$85,018
White Earth Reservation Tribal Council
MN
$120,329
$55,329
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
MS
$299,726
$68,553
American Indian Council
MO
$736,868
$9,447
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
MT
$272,721
$138,997
Blackfeet Tribal Business Council
MT
$287,100
$128,201
Business Committee of the Chippewa Cree Tribe
MT
$140,960
$39,135
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
MT
$282,175
$140,347
Fort Belknap Community Council
MT
$121,869
$51,281
Little Big Horn College
MT
$164,307
$88,796
Montana United Indian Association
MT
$342,552
$0
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
MT
$213,575
$99,862
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
NE
$79,135
$47,232
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
NE
$284,739
$0
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
NE
$44,711
$21,591
Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
NV
$282,667
$49,392
Las Vegas Indian Center Inc.
NV
$190,775
$0
Reno Sparks Indian Colony
NV
$16,968
$9,447
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
NV
$121,904
$14,844
Alamo Navajo School Board Inc.
NM
$89,006
$49,931
Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council
NM
$73,277
$27,529
Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos Inc.
NM
$152,987
$94,194
Jicarilla Apache Tribe
NM
$61,679
$28,340
Mescalero Apache Tribe
NM
$87,537
$62,076
National Indian Youth Council
NM
$1,598,504
$0
Ohkay Owingeh
NM
$26,632
$13,494
Pueblo of Acoma
NM
$135,987
$31,038
Pueblo of Isleta
NM
$39,849
$11,875
Pueblo of Laguna
NM
$87,101
$37,785
Pueblo of Taos
NM
$40,663
$18,893
Pueblo of Zuni
NM
$284,700
$130,900
Ramah Navajo School Board Inc.
NM
$89,975
$31,038
Santo Domingo Tribe
NM
$100,040
$45,882
Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties Inc.
NY
$366,605
$3,239
Seneca Nation of Indians
NY
$237,631
$32,388
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
NY
$138,900
$22,941
Cumberland County Association for Indian People Inc.
NC
$64,926
$0
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
NC
$116,353
$58,028
Guilford Native American Association
NC
$78,253
$0
Lumbee Regional Development Association Inc.
NC
$1,190,781
$0
North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs
NC
$357,960
$0
Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
ND
$155,971
$75,571
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
ND
$225,799
$125,502
Three Affiliated Tribes
ND
$188,594
$56,678
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
ND
$307,442
$129,550
United Tribes Technical College
ND
$240,635
$0
North America Indian Cultural Center Inc.
OH
$527,322
$0
Absentee Shawnee Tribe
OK
$23,394
$13,225
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
OK
$1,354,828
$681,760
Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
OK
$162,235
$105,260
Chickasaw Nation
OK
$370,860
$204,852
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
OK
$595,680
$294,188
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
OK
$435,968
$293,918
Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma
OK
$158,437
$72,872
Creek Nation of Oklahoma
OK
$745,057
$358,963
Inter-Tribal Council of Northeast Oklahoma
OK
$76,802
$27,260
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
OK
$231,776
$159,509
Osage Nation
OK
$100,536
$52,630
Otoe-Missouria Tribe
OK
$33,936
$17,004
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
OK
$32,328
$14,844
Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma
OK
$84,739
$56,409
Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
OK
$64,680
$28,340
United Urban Indian Council Inc.
OK
$377,385
$201,073
Wyandotte Nation
OK
$112,895
$0
Confed. Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
OR
$28,300
$14,844
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
OR
$453,617
$1,080
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
OR
$132,781
$41,834
Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center Inc.
PA
$970,417
$0
Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc.
RI
$2,107,268
$9,177
South Carolina Indian Development Council Inc.
SC
$254,833
$2,699
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
SD
$232,805
$143,046
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
SD
$58,540
$20,243
Oglala Sioux Tribe
SD
$689,820
$419,690
Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Nation)
SD
$1,093,755
$260,450
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
SD
$129,550
$59,378
Yankton Sioux Tribe
SD
$112,522
$53,979
Native American Indian Association Inc.
TN
$240,778
$0
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribal Council
TX
$845,207
$1,080
Dallas Inter-Tribal Center
TX
$472,553
$0
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
TX
$677,009
$17,543
Indian Training & Education Center
UT
$370,831
$5,938
Ute Indian Tribe
UT
$123,318
$60,727
Mattaponi Pamunkey Monacan Consortium
VA
$261,984
$0
American Indian Community Center
WA
$420,567
$18,353
Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Nation
WA
$210,688
$110,388
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
WA
$190,613
$49,931
Lummi Indian Business Council
WA
$116,455
$26,990
Makah Tribal Council
WA
$35,681
$13,494
South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency
WA
$641,825
$97,163
Spokane Reservation
WA
$41,735
$24,291
Suquamish Indian Tribe
WA
$152,153
$2,699
The Tulalip Tribes
WA
$46,231
$21,591
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
WA
$297,733
$0
Ho-Chunk Nation
WI
$182,976
$4,858
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board
WI
$177,856
$60,457
Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Inc.
WI
$44,017
$12,146
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
WI
$102,738
$49,931
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
WI
$171,668
$16,194
Spotted Eagle, Inc.
WI
$226,834
$0
Stockbridge-Munsee Community
WI
$57,984
$3,778
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
WY
$134,920
$36,166
Northern Arapaho Business Council
WY
$229,407
$81,239
Total Funding
$56,351,790
$13,932,627
