Recipient of federal assistance · WATERSMEET, MI

LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS

LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS received $6.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 80 actions, −74% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $74M. Its largest awarding agency was Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education ($2.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$6.1M
New awards
13
Actions
80
Since FY2021
$74M
UEI
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Location
WATERSMEET, MI
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 21.6MFY2021
  2. 8.2MFY2022
  3. 6.6MFY2023
  4. 7.7MFY2024
  5. 23.8MFY2025
  6. 6.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$4.6M75%
  2. Grants$1.2M20%
  3. Other assistance$320.4K5.3%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.441 · Indian Self-Determination$2M33%
  2. 15.021 · Consolidated Tribal Government$940K15%
  3. 15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement$756K12%
  4. 20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$675K11%
  5. 14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$404.3K6.6%
  6. 15.148 · Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grants$369.3K6.1%
  7. 10.711 · Forest Service 638 Authority for Tribes$360.2K5.9%
  8. 15.036 · Indian Rights Protection$166.2K2.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$2.9M48%
    Department of the Interior
  2. Indian Health Service$2.1M34%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$404.3K6.6%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  4. Forest Service$320.4K5.3%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Environmental Protection Agency$93.3K1.5%
  6. National Park Service$87.3K1.4%
    Department of the Interior
  7. Administration for Children and Families$80.2K1.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$35K0.6%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. COMBINED HEALTH SERVICES$24.8M
    93.441 · Indian Self-Determination· Indian Health Service· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 6, 2020 – Sep 11, 2026· 239160006
  2. INDIAN HSG BLOCK GR$5.2M
    14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants· Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing· Formula grant· Mar 18, 2021 – Apr 16, 2026· 55IT2605010
  3. TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM$4.7M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 21, 2021 – Aug 24, 2026· A20AV00970
  4. CONSOLIDATED TRIBAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM$2.4M
    15.025 · Services to Indian Children, Elderly and Families· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 14, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· A24AV00249
  5. LAW ENFORCEMENT$2.2M
    15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 14, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· A24AV00248
  6. CONSOLIDATED TRIBAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM (CTPG)$2M
    15.021 · Consolidated Tribal Government· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 9, 2020 – Jul 8, 2026· A21AV00120

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $514.3K (6 subawards)

2 primes

  1. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$464.3K90%
    LANSING, MI · 5 subawards
  2. ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INC.$50K9.7%
    COLUMBIA, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $208.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $197.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $177.6K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $710.6K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $514.3K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.