Northwest Tribal Technical Assistance Program
The NW TTAP Center provides free training, technical assistance, and technology transfer support to Tribal transportation programs in the BIA’s Northwest Region (Region 6).
TTAP Core Services
The NW TTAP Center provides support in maintaining and enhancing the state of local roads in tribal communities through assistance to Tribal transportation programs in the following areas:
Technical Assistance
Request technical assistance for reviewing grants, view the NW TTAP document library, and more.
NW TTAP News
BIA Transportation Symposium Presentations Available to Download
The Northwest Regional Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) hosted a transportation symposium from May 16-18, 2023, in Airway Heights, WA. Many of the presenters graciously provided their presentation to the NW TTAP Center and are available on the center’s SharePoint site. The…
NW TTAP Center Welcomes HollyAnna DeCoteau Littlebull as the New Assistant Director
The Northwestern Tribal Technical Assistance Program (NW TTAP) Center is pleased to announce the appointment of HollyAnna DeCoteau Littlebull (Yakama, Nez Perce, Cayuse, Cree) as the center’s first Assistant Director. With an illustrious career spanning thirty years in the public safety sector, HollyAnna brings a…
Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Region
This center provides support to the forty-four (44) tribes located in BIA Northwest Region 6. This region includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and portions of Northern Utah, and Southern Alaska.
Reinstating the Regional TTAP Centers
After a brief hiatus, the regional TTAP Centers have been reinitiated through the FHWA Local Aid Support team housed in the Office of Transportation Workforce Development and Technology Deployment. Learn more about the newly instated national TTAP program and the other regional centers at the FHWA website.
The center is led by the University of Washington with Eastern Washington University as the sole consortium partner.
The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Duwamish, Puyallup, Suquamish, Tulalip, and Muckleshoot nations.
NW TTAP Center
Our acknowledgement of the tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations was crafted from consultation and guidance by the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs as well as Federal regulations and policies. In this phrasing, we are adhering to tribal sovereignty.
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