This report was written in compliance with Senate Bill 5437 Section 6, to explore the development of a Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) Tribal Pathway that meets the needs of Tribal Sovereign Nations in providing ECEAP in their communities and decreasing the opportunity gap for tribal children. This report explores the great strength of tribal communities as well as the trauma that tribal people have experienced since colonization. This report presents nine changes that DCYF ECEAP recommends to the current ECEAP structure for tribal contractors and subcontractors and one recommendation for a new funding model. DCYF ECEAP also recommends new training requirements for non-tribal programs that subcontract with an early learning tribal program or serve tribal children. This report was written to share the benefits for tribal children who attend tribally-run, high-quality early childhood education programs and how DCYF ECEAP can support Tribal Sovereign Nations in meeting their goals of culture and language revitalization. This report explores what modifications are needed in DCYF and in ECEAP to meet the needs of Tribal Sovereign Nations in response to Senate Bill 5437 Section 6, and to reduce the opportunity gap for tribal children.