Welcome to the DOTC Website!
On
November
30th,
2012,
the
Council
of
Chiefs
approved
the
10
Year
(2012-2022)
DOTC
Strategic Plan.
Our
leadership,
senior
management
and
program
managers
have
created
an
environment
within
DOTC
so
that
people
who
want
to
invest
in
our
Tribal
Council
will
invest
because
they
believe their investment has a good chance of paying off.
An
investor
is
anybody
with
time,
or
enegry
or
ideas
or
skills
or
good
will
or
dollars
that
is
willing to bet those assets on DOTC's future.
Investors
have
choices.
If
they
don't
see
a
decent
possibility
of
a
payoff
here,
there
is
little
to
stop them from going somewhere else or doing something different.
Investing
into
our
Tribal
Council
may
consist
of
monetary
profits,
realizing
satisfaction
in
a
job
well done and/or focus on commitment to raising the quality of life within our communities.
It
may
also
be
about
reducing
dependence
on
the
federal
government
or,
to
bolster
tribal
sovereignty.
Dakota
Ojibway
Tribal
Council
is
the
ideal
level
where
the
importance
of
basic
institutional
infrastructure
can
be
demonstrated
for
the
benefit
of
all
it
serves
-
member
First
Nations,
Members and Investors.
DOTC
is
capable
of
effectively
pursuing
our
stated
goals,
provide
our
members
with
opportunities
to
productive
and
satisfying
lives,
dealing
with
internal
differences
and
disputes
fairly
and
effectively,
without
tearing
the
Tribal
Council
apart,
and
we
are
capable
of
establishing
and
maintaining
productive,
mututally
beneficial
relationships
with
other
nations, communities, organizations and societies.
Our
10
Year
Strategic
Plan
specifies
DOTC's
purpose
and
function,
setting
and
clarifying
DOTC"s
future
direction;
providing
an
overall
framework
for
improvement
and
innovation;
accommodating
and
adapting
to
changing
environments
and
engaging
in
teamwork
and
unity
of effort in a given direction.
We
have
updated
the
history
of
DOTC
and
our
respective
programs,
developed
an
internal
and
external
mind
map
for
the
respective
programs
and
an
environmental
scan
on
current
and future issues and trends that will affect our respective programs and services.
We
have
updated
our
Vision
Statement
with
a
commitment
to
develop
a
view/perspective
of
what
we
want
our
Tribal
Council
to
look
like
in
the
future.
It
is
a
statement
of
aspiration.
The
vision will provide the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council with a sense of how things can be.
It
challenges
the
leaders,
managers
and
members
to
assist
and
work
together
in
making
it
a
reality.
Having
considered
the
information
received
and
deliberated,
DOTC
Council
of
Chiefs
upon
deliberation
and
taking
into
account
all
the
information,
DOTC
Council
of
Chiefs
have
adopted
the statement below to serve as an updated vision statement for the Tribal Council:
“Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council seeks to promote and enhance the
quality of life for its members and attain the same opportunities
and aspirations as those experienced by citizens elsewhere in
Canada”
Welcome
Birdtail Sioux First Nation
Dakota Tipi First Nation
Long Plain First Nation
Roseau River Anishnabe First Nation
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation
Swan Lake First Nation
Waywayseecappo First Nation
Chief Kenneth Chalmers
Chairperson, DOTC Council of Chiefs