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Cherokee Nation
- Government
- Tribal government
- Minority-owned
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Cherokee Nation, of Tahlequah, OK, was obligated $2.9B in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $857M, of which $10.0M (1%) came through contracts.
That is up 27% on FY2025 ($675M).
Cherokee Nation ranks 6 of 433 listed organisations located in OK by five-year obligations, and 353 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Transportation and Department of Agriculture and 5 other agencies: 98 awards worth $500M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 611519 (Other Technical and Trade Schools), where it ranks 26 of 50 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $678,765,499 | $7,726,855 | $671,038,644 | — |
| FY2024 | $702,997,353 | $7,726,989 | $695,270,364 | +4% |
| FY2025 | $675,033,926 | $5,690,315 | $669,343,611 | -4% |
| FY2026 | $857,341,113 | $9,967,751 | $847,373,362 | +27% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in OK | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $2.9B | $32B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $857M | $8.5B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $31M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $2.9B | $32B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 353 of 30,000 | 1 of 433 in OK | 1 |
Largest in state: Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | 42 | $150M | 31% |
| 2 | Department of Transportation | 14 | $145M | 30% |
| 3 | Department of Agriculture | 20 | $130M | 27% |
| 4 | Department of Labor | 1 | $21M | 4% |
| 5 | Department of Housing and Urban Development | 4 | $13M | 3% |
| 6 | Environmental Protection Agency | 4 | $9.5M | 2% |
| 7 | Department of Energy | 2 | $9.5M | 2% |
| 8 | Department of Homeland Security | 1 | $8.0M | 2% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 611519: 26 of 50 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Other Technical and Trade Schools.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Cherokee County, OK $312M · Tulsa County, OK $3.4M · Adair County, OK $1.5M · Ottawa County, OK $1.5M · Delaware County, OK $1.0M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of AgricultureAgricultural Marketing Service | GrantBlock Grant (a) | 10.181 Agricultural Worker Pandemic Relief and Protection Program | $46M | 20 Oct 2022 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesIndian Health Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 93.237 Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Projects | $33M | 19 Dec 2022 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | GrantBlock Grant (a) | 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction | $32M | 17 Dec 2025 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of LaborOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management | ContractDefinitive Contract | 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools | $21M | 31 Jul 2024 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction | $21M | 6 Feb 2024 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.289 Tribal Transportation Program (ttp) | $19M | 18 Feb 2026 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction | $14M | 6 Feb 2024 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | GrantFormula Grant (a) | 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction | $14M | 4 Jun 2025 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration | GrantBlock Grant (a) | 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction | $13M | 15 Sep 2023 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureFood and Nutrition Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.567 Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations | $12M | 21 Nov 2023 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of AgricultureForest Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.720 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants | $10.0M | 26 Sep 2024 | OK | USAspending |
| Department of Homeland SecurityFederal Emergency Management Agency | GrantProject Grant (B) | 97.138 Next Generation Warning System Grant Program | $8.0M | 28 Sep 2025 | OK | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $46M, Department of Agriculture, 20 Oct 2022: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS ON A SPECIFIC GROUP OF WORKERS THAT ARE OFTENOVERLOOKED IN TIMES OF NEED. CHEROKEE NATION S FY22 FARM AND
- $33M, Department of Health and Human Services, 19 Dec 2022: CHEROKEE NATION DIABETES PROGRAM - CHEROKEE NATION IS THE LARGEST FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE WITH APPROXIMATELY 420,952 REGISTERED TRIBAL CITIZE
- $32M, Department of Transportation, 17 Dec 2025: INFRA PROGRAM FUNDING
- $21M, Department of Labor, 31 Jul 2024: AWARD FOR THE TALKING LEAVES JOB CORPS CENTER WITH OUTREACH AND ADMISSIONS AND CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES
- $21M, Department of Transportation, 6 Feb 2024: TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND SAFETY AWARD
- $19M, Department of Transportation, 18 Feb 2026: TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
- $14M, Department of Transportation, 6 Feb 2024: TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
- $14M, Department of Transportation, 4 Jun 2025: TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Cherokee Nation receive?
$2.9B in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $679M; FY2024: $703M; FY2025: $675M; FY2026: $857M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Cherokee Nation?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Health and Human Services ($150M), Department of Transportation ($145M), Department of Agriculture ($130M), Department of Labor ($21M) and Department of Housing and Urban Development ($13M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools. Assistance falls under Highway Planning and Construction (20.205), Agricultural Worker Pandemic Relief and Protection Program (10.181) and Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Projects (93.237).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: OK ($498M).
Is Cherokee Nation a large federal recipient?
It ranks 353 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 6 of 433 located in OK. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.