Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council

Dakota Ojibway Child & Family Services

Board of Directors - Elected Officers

Board of Directors

June Laroque, Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation - Chairperson
Tina Kitchkeesick, Canupawakpa Dakota Nation - Vice/Chairperson
George Meeches, Long Plain First Nation - Secretary/Treasurer

You can reach DOCFS at:

Dakota Ojibway Child & Family Services
702 Douglas Street
Brandon, MB  R7A 7B2
Phone:  (204) 729-3650
Toll Free: 1-877-508-8289
Fax: (204) 728-1806

Carson Benn, Birdtail Sioux First Nation
Tina Kitchkeesick, Canupawakpa Dakota Nation
Representative, Dakota Plains Wahpeton Nation
George Meeches, Long Plain First Nation
June Laroque, Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation
Representative, Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation
Olga Wasteste, Sioux Valley First Nation
Edith Catcheway, Swan Lake First Nation
Esther Cameron, Elder
Jean Eagle, Elder
Chief Ken Chalmers, Birdtail Sioux First Nation, Liaison - DOTC Council of Chiefs

Bobbi Pompana

DOCFS is a non-profit, community based organization which provides child protection and family services under the auspices of the Southern First Nation Network of Care. (Southern Authority)

Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services (DOCFS) was mandated on July 1, 1981 to deliver services to the eight DOTC communities: Birdtail Sioux First Nation, Canupawakpa Dakota Nation, Dakota Plains Wahpeton First Nation, Long Plain First Nation, Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation and Swan Lake First Nation.

On April 28, 2004, expansion of mandate enabled DOCFS to deliver services to the membership of those eight communities wherever they lived in the Province of Manitoba. There are now fully functioning offices in Brandon, Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg.

On September 1, 2007, Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation received their own mandate and became an independent agency so DOCFS now delivers service to seven of the DOTC communities.

DOCFS is governed by a Board of Directors which is comprised of representation from each of the seven DOTC communities.