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Indian Self-Determination Act Contracts, Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Program Information

Popular name

638 Indian Self-Determination Act Contracts, Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Program Number

15.241

Program objective

To provide maximum Indian participation in the government and education of the Indian people; to provide the full participation of the Indian tribes in programs and services conducted by the Bureau of Land Management for Indians and to encourage the development of human resources of the Indian people; and to establish program assistance to upgrade Indian education that will support the right of Indian citizens and for other purposes.

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 Current Data Available. Indian tribes and Bureau of Land Management have worked together to authorize tribes to take over the administration and program for oil and gas inspections on tribal lands in Montana. Alaska Native villages and regional or village corporations are conducting cadastral land surveys of their tribal lands.

  2. 2017

    Indian tribes and Bureau of Land Management have worked together to authorize tribes to take over the administration and program for oil and gas inspections on tribal lands in Montana. Alaska Native villages and regional or village corporations are conducting cadastral land surveys of their tribal lands. Also, annual emergency firefighter training.

  3. 2018

    Partnered with Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes, Chippewa Cree Tribe, Black Feet Tribe, Tunista Construction, Russian Mission Native Corporation, Sealask Corp, Nana Regional Corp, Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments to accomplish work under the 638 Program.

  4. 2019

    No current data available.

  5. 2020

    628 inspections were completed which included 41 Environmental and Production Inspections; 236 Environmental, Idle Well, and Production Inspections; and 51 Environmental, Production, and Workover Inspections. Cadastral Surveys completed covered 69 miles with over 700 monuments recovered or set.

  6. 2021

    Cadastral Surveys in FY21 covered an estimated 200 miles of surveyed line and set and recover between 300 and 400 monuments. Montana completed oil and gas production monitoring.

  7. 2022

    The program expects to continue with completing cadastral surveys and oil and gas production monitoring.

  8. 2023

    Data not available.

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.

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 USC 450, as amended, Public Law 93-638, and 25 CFR Part 900.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Natural Resources

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments

Additional resources