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Tribal Self-Governance

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

15.022

Program objective

To further the goals of Indian Self-Determination by providing funds to Indian tribes to administer a wide range of programs with broad administrative and programmatic flexibility.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Information Available.

  2. 2017

    No Information Available.

  3. 2018

    No Information Available.

  4. 2021

    Indian Affairs (IA) successfully fulfilled program objective; 892 Self-Governance contract awards issued to Indian Tribes in FY 20 and FY 21

  5. 2022

    Awards 142 grants to entities to complete the goals and objectives of the program.

  6. 2024

    This award funded 469 programs to meet the operational needs of tribally contracted or compacted law enforcement and/or detention/corrections programs.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

25 CFR Part 1000

  1. Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Title IV, Public Law 93-638, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 458 aa et seq.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Native American Organizations

Additional resources