da-koh-tah tee-pee | Dakota Tipi First Nation

Dakota Tipi First Nation is a community situated in southern Manitoba, with a rich Indigenous heritage and traditional practices.

POPULATION

494

Rank #496 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

0.6 KM²

Rank #577 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

08/31/2026

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-10-25 16:59:15 UTC

Name

Dakota Tipi (ISC Code: 295)

Former Names

Dakota Band, Dakota Settlement

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Prairie Provinces

Indigenous Language

Dakota

Number of Registered Members

494

Band Website

Not Available

Phone Number

(204) 857-4381

Fax Number

(204) 857-9855

Address

2020 DAKOTA DRIVE, DAKOTA TIPI, MB

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

DENNIS PASHE

Term Expires

08/31/2026

Number of Council Members

DENNIS PASHE

Chief

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📞 Phone not available

TRENT GADUE

Councillor

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KARL STONE

Councillor

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MYLES MILLER

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

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2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Hall v. Dakota Tipi Indian Band

Lounsbury v. Dakota Tipi First Nation

Dakota Tipi First Nation v. Woods

Dakota Tipi First Nation v. Canada (Indigenous Services)

McIvor v. Dakota Tipi First Nation

Hall v. Dakota Tipi Indian Band

Dakota Tipi Band Council Method of Election Regulations

Dakota Tipi Band Council Elections Order

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6443
DAKOTA TIPI 1
59.3 Hectares
80 KM W/O OF/DE WINNIPEG
[49.8177713, -97.1793734]

Media Reports

Sex assault charges against Manitoba First Nations chief stayed

Wokini Initiative at South Dakota State Focuses on Indigenous Student Success

Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi under way

Development, carbon project and healing initiatives advance at Dakota Tipi

Ancient hoes point to Indigenous gardeners

Dakota Tipi Excited About New Hockey Rink

Dakota Tipi seeks wastewater fix with Portage partnership

Dakota riders arrive in Lake Crystal

Portage and Dakota Plains win national award for reconciliation

Banding Communities Together with a Healing Ride

Dakota Tipi hosts business startup workshop October 16

Jennifer Catcheway's family thanks supporters as winter puts end to search for missing woman

Dakota Tipi First Nation to Receive Funding for New Outdoor Rink

Brandon teepee art project celebrates strength, resilience during Truth and Reconciliation Week

Canada’s apologizes for labeling Dakota and Lakota as second-class First Nations

Buffalo banh mi and blue corn cookies: sharing a Native American feast in South Dakota

Indigenous housing provider helps Kingston's homeless rebuild their lives

Stand-off in the Great Plains as Native Americans fight oil pipeline construction

Great Plains museum to host Native American textiles artist

Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village: finding the first farmers on the plains of North America

At Standing Rock, women lead fight in face of Mace, arrests and strip searches

After 184 years, a home for Dakota people and culture returns to wakan tipi

Center for Indigenous Health launches Great Plains Hub

Canada’s apologizes for labeling Dakota and Lakota as second-class First Nations

Two sites in St. Paul will be renamed to reflect cultural significance to Dakota tribes

Claims of ineffectiveness lead one SD legal aid group to seek other group’s funding

Jul 2009: First Nations sue for aboriginal rights

This Mexica Photographer's Striking Photos Capture Standing Rock's Emotional Setbacks & Victories

Manitoba First Nation claims The Forks is unceded territory, files lawsuit

Concrete rest-stop tipis receive national recognition

10 Of The Quietest Towns In The Prairies

Sarah Sunshine Manning: Indigenous women lead birthing movement

Hand talk: Reclaiming Plains sign language for healing, expression and connection

Dakota Tipi First Nation updates lead in mixed-use housing development on Saskatchewan Ave.

'Contemporary Plains Indian Art' features four South Dakota artists

A story told in data: Overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the SD foster care system

Supporting the Indigenous Finance System on the Mountain Plains

Language revitalization efforts continue as UN Decade of Indigenous Languages begins

Opinion: Dakota, Lakota deserve better

Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains | Tools, Geography, Food, Homes, History, Culture, Art, Map, & Tribes

St. Paul, native community break ground on Wakan Tipi Center in Dayton’s Bluff

Joint Chiefs Assembly Passes Historic Resolution - Abolish Canada's Indian Act

Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary: Reversing harm, adding history with Wakan Tipi Center

From 280 Tribes, a Protest on the Plains (Published 2016)

First Nation claims ownership of The Forks in new lawsuit

Why is it taking so long for feds to respond to Great Plains tribes’ call for help on syphilis?

Mountain | Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition

Canada apologizes for labelling Dakota, Lakota second-class First Nations

Native band split by row over chief

Sep 2013: Linear Mounds one of Manitoba's best-kept archeological secrets

Jul 2017: Blacksmith running for grand chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Iran using First Nations leaders as "pawns" in "sad game," says Foreign Affairs

Canada’s Hollow Concern for First Nations Democracy

Ex-chief calls reserves 'concentration camps' on Iran TV

Behind First Nations headdresses: What you should know

Native Sun News: Tribes fight another pipeline through Great Plains

Indigenous rising star brings to life character in Crave TV's 'Don't Even'

Joint Chiefs Assembly Taking Place At Dakota Tipi

Dancers in spotlight at Niagara Native Centre’s annual powwow

Manitoba's NDP leader visits Dakota Tipi

Feb 2023: Indigenous culture scores at hockey games

VIDEO: Emotional ceremony at Dakota Plains: Apology from Portage la Prairie for historical wrongs

Indigenous Awareness Day Gathers Students Throughout Division

Legacy of Survival Remembers The Exiled

City of Portage recognizes National Indigenous Peoples Day

In 1868, Two Nations Made a Treaty. The U.S. Broke It, and Plains Indian Tribes Are Still Seeking Justice

Dakota Tipi continues to quash meth

Why reintroducing bison is revitalizing the Prairies and Indigenous culture, identity

Fortifying a robust Indigenous Finance Industry in the Mountain-Plains region through Native knowledge, institutions, and relationships

Airbnb Apologizes For Teepee Ad That Native Americans Said Was Racist

Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary: Reversing harm, adding history with Wakan Tipi Center

Indigenous players design reconciliation jerseys for Winnipeg high school team

Walter R. Echo-Hawk Distinguished Indian Law Speaker

Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains - Pre-Horse Life, Tribes, Culture

Missing or murdered Indigenous persons liaison aims to build trust, peace of mind

Two Dakota rides underway for Dec. 26 ceremony

The Museum of the Plains Indian to feature Terran Last Gun, William “Bill” Brien, and David Dragonfly in a Special Exhibition

MMIP cases in South Dakota remain high, new efforts hope to change that

After 184 years, a home for Dakota people and culture returns to wakan tipi

Restoring an Ancient Indigenous Site in St. Paul

Rotating Exhibits at CWS

Indigenous tourism in Bugle territory

Beyond Local: Central Alberta man's journey to reclaim Red Wolf Man

Canada to issue first-ever official apology to Dakotas

Dakota Tipi Joins Manitoba First Nations School System

Organizers cancel decades-old Northern Plains Indian Art Market

Sacred in the city: Wakan Tipi indigenous site in St. Paul prepared to welcome, educate public

Oct 2021: Handprints reflect desire for reconciliation

If the Bleak South Dakota Plains Don’t Break Them, Their Family Just Might (Published 2018)

Indigenous Awakening – Part 1: Innisfailian’s journey to reclaim Red Wolf Man

Portage and Dakota Plains win national award for reconciliation

ChangeMaker: Maggie Lorenz, preserving cultural heritage through land conservation

Native volunteers set up tipi camp to help address homelessness

Dakota County celebrates return of American plains bison to native land

Years in the making, $8.6M Wakan Tipi Center will be an epicenter of Dakota culture in St. Paul

How a fight over data made South Dakota’s bad syphilis outbreak worse

What’s being done to address the high number of Native children in foster care in SD

Two St. Paul parks renamed to reflect their sacred Dakota history

Sacred in the city: Indigenous site in St. Paul prepared to welcome, educate public

Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded.

Two sites in St. Paul will be renamed to reflect cultural significance to Dakota tribes

EDA Leadership Meets With Native Community Development Coalition Members in South Dakota

Project Profile: Increase Native Seed for Northern Great Plains

Second annual Indigenous Artist Market celebrates Dakota heritage

Dakota Tipi residents reflect on a successful Indigenous Peoples Day

Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health opens new Great Plains Hub

Saint Paul and Wakáŋ Típi Awáŋyaŋkapi to Co-Manage Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

NDSU honors Indigenous Peoples' Day with tipi display

Dakota Tipi Inaugurates New Chief & Council

Three In A Row For Dakota Tipi Scholar

As Dakota Tipi First Nation looks to demolish home Friday, occupants cry foul

'Drug house' in Dakota Tipi First Nation demolished Friday afternoon

Dakota Tipi claims ownership of The Forks, files lawsuit

Update on Dakota Tipi First Nation's first housing project

City of Portage recognizes National Indigenous Peoples Day

Dennis Pashe returns to role as Dakota Tipi chief after 20 years

New Dakota Tipi Councillors Reflect on Elections

Chief of Manitoba First Nation charged with sexual assault

Dakota Tipi chief slams Jordan’s Principle cuts amid election silence

Portage la Prairie and Dakota Plains Wahpeton First Nation honoured for reconciliation efforts

New witness comes forward in Jennifer Catcheway case

Dakota Tipi Chief asks, "What About Us?"

Dakota Tipi combats drugs with evictions, banishments, lockdowns, and house demolition

Province warns public of possible coronavirus exposure at Dakota Tipi Gaming Centre

Dakota Tipi residents reflect on a successful Indigenous Peoples Day

Historic apology: Portage la Prairie confronts past injustice at Dakota Plains First Nation

Canada to formally apologize to 9 Dakota, Lakota Nations for historic designation as refugees

Dakota Tipi explains absence from Portage apology to Dakotas

Dakota Tipi First Nations turns to evictions to curb drug trade

Dakota Tipi Housing worker shares unique perspective in drug crisis

Dakota Tipi First Nation chief says community made Canadian history

Sandra Jane Pashe

Dakota Tipi To Manage Own Funds

Dakota Tipi First Nation to Receive Funding for New Outdoor Rink

Dakota Tipi Elder's Last Ceremony At Rink Inspires Naming

Dakota Tipi Member Safe After Lightning Strike

Dakota Tipi Chief weighs in on wake of Saskatchewan First Nation stabbings

Dakota Tipi working on securing all power over its own child and family issues

Dakota Tipi First Nation blows lid off politics and drugs

Dakota Tipi First Nation declares State of Emergency

Dakota Plains chief appears in court on sex assault charges

Dakota Tipi First Nation updates lead in mixed-use housing development on Saskatchewan Ave.

Dakota Tipi Celebrates New Fitness Centre

Dakota Plains First Nation Chief Says Recent Fines Unfair

Suspects in Recent Armed Home Invasion Remain at Large

Four Suspects at Large Following Armed Home Invasion in Dakota Tipi

Parents of Jennifer Catcheway Shift Focus Back to Dakota Tipi

Dakota Tipi Stands With Standing Rock

Dakota Tipi Youth Break Ground For New Rink

Dakota Tipi combats drugs with evictions, banishments, lockdowns, and house demolition

21 Residents Lose Jobs In Dakota Tipi

Dakota Tipi Chief asks, "What About Us?"

'Drug house' in Dakota Tipi First Nation demolished Friday afternoon

Following 2022 election, Dakota Tipi Chief continues assessing and pushing community needs

Warriors In Recovery starts up at Dakota Tipi First Nation

Federal government apologizes to Dakota, Lakota nations for historical mistreatment

Chief Pashe highlights significant progress in reducing drug-related deaths at Dakota Tipi

Dakota Tipi chief slams Jordan’s Principle cuts amid election silence

Historic Dakota collaboration in Manitoba

RCMP response to new witness in Catcheway case 'step in the right direction': Sheila North Wilson

RCMP charge man with attempted murder after Dakota Tipi double shooting

Dakota Tipi Excited About New Hockey Rink

Reaction from Dakota Plains resident to historic apology from the City of Portage

Another Manitoba First Nation files lawsuit claiming ownership of The Forks land

Dakota First Nation reclaims heritage through historic treaty recognition

Why Manitoba First Nations are approaching new education funding with caution

Standing Rock Pipeline Fight Draws Hundreds to North Dakota Plains

Reconciliation Ceremony Marks Historic Apology Between Dakota Plains First Nation and City of Portage La Prairie

Upcoming reconciliation ceremony at Dakota Plains a step toward unity

Dakota Plains woman thrilled to happen upon Indigenous Fashion Week in Toronto

Dakota Plains chief charged with sexual assault: Sask. RCMP

Dakota Plains First Nation Chief Donald Smoke charged with two counts of sexual assault

Dakota Tipi searching for answers after deadly violence

Sharing Culture At Dakota Tipi

Great 2021 Dakota Days in the books for Dakota Tipi

Update on Dakota Tipi First Nation's first housing project

Four Winds Cultural Centre holds first-ever Indigenous/Irish wedding

Dakota Tipi showcases services available to residents

Dakota Tipi First Nation sues The Forks, governments, for financial compensation and ownership of land

New Dakota Tipi 'Sundance Chief' Shares Vision

Canada to issue first-ever official apology to Dakotas

Dakota Tipi member draws on own experience to help others through new recovery program

Dakota Nations accuse feds of failing reconciliation goals

Feds deny Dakota Tipi First Nation’s claims to The Forks

Canada’s AG asks Winnipeg court to dismiss Dakota injunction

Justice Murray Sinclair Honoured In Ceremony At Dakota Tipi

Winnipeg high school football player given Indigenous youth award dreams of inspiring others

Dakota Tipi First Nation to investigate unmarked graves at five former residential schools in Manitoba

Manitoba First Nation files lawsuit claiming The Forks is 'unceded territory'

Attorney general asks for dismissal of injunction filed over Métis treaty in Manitoba

First Nation Members of AMC

Justice Murray Sinclair Honoured In Ceremony At Dakota Tipi

First Nation Safety Officers in place at Dakota Tipi to enforce bylaws against drugs

Celebration of Indigenous Identity: The 7th annual Legacy Gathering and Spirit Garden

Portage, Long Plain, and Dakota Plains unite for collaborative economic initiative

Feds file statement of defence against land claim of national historic site in Winnipeg

Police arrest suspect after 2 people shot on Dakota Tipi First Nation

Iran shines TV lights on Tehran visit by 2 former Manitoba chiefs

Manitoba First Nation smoke shop owner, staffer fined $2M

Trudeau Meets Dakota Tipi FIrst Nation

Sharing Culture At Dakota Tipi

Members of Pinaymootang First Nation protesting ahead of October election

Dakota Tipi and MB Hydro Hold Ceremony For Bipole 3 Project

Chiefs gather at Dakota Tipi First Nation to show solidarity with Standing Rock

As Dakota Tipi First Nation looks to demolish home Friday, occupants cry foul

Trudy Valerie Donna Pashe Obituary March 16, 2023

Dakota Tipi First Nation wages hard-hitting war on drugs

Dakota Tipi residents reflect on a successful Indigenous Peoples Day

Dakota Tipi showcases services available to residents

Dakota Tipi providing more and more services for residents

Historic apology: Portage la Prairie confronts past injustice at Dakota Plains First Nation

Portage, Long Plain, and Dakota Plains unite for collaborative economic initiative

Dakota Tipi explains absence from Portage apology to Dakotas

Métis treaty signed with Canada challenged by Dakota Nations

Ottawa to apologize to Dakota, Lakota people

Chief Pashe highlights significant progress in reducing drug-related deaths at Dakota Tipi

Feds reviewing injunction filed by Dakota

Reconciliation in action: Dakota Tipi's $18M development marks first of many projects in Portage area

Opinion: Dakota, MMF rights must be clarified

‘We’re in a war’: Dakota Tipi First Nations turns to evictions to curb drug trade

2 Dakota First Nations challenge Métis treaty

Dakota Tipi claim for title to The Forks in Winnipeg ‘must fail’: Ottawa says

Dakota First Nations say Manitoba Métis Federation treaty infringes on their rights

Police seek help in locating two Manitoba girls

Thousands of dogs frozen, slaughtered on Manitoba First Nations, rescuer says

Witness says she saw Jennifer Catcheway the night she disappeared

Indigenous father of 2 killed by RCMP in Revelstoke was likely trying to get home, says sister

Dakota Tipi First Nation double-shooting suspect arrested, RCMP says

Dakota Tipi officials criticize RCMP response to double shooting

Jennifer Catcheway: Searchers scour First Nation for clues about missing woman

Aug 2022: Court asked to stop Dakota Tipi election after conflict alleged

Jennifer Catcheway's family searching landfill and Dakota Tipi yards

Dakota Tipi and MB Hydro Hold Ceremony For Bipole 3 Project

Manitoba police service's 1st First Nations dog handler and his new partner learning the ropes

Dakota Tipi Joins Manitoba First Nations School System

Canada First Nations declare drugs state of emergency

Dakota Plains working toward transparency and accountability

'O Canada' recorded in Dakota for Portage la Prairie school

VIDEO: Dakota First Nation and the beginning of Indian residential schools in Portage

Dakota Tipi First Nation to investigate unmarked graves at five former residential schools in Manitoba

Dakota Plains Wahpeton Nation wants compensation for land they purchased, but were made to give up

Dakota Tipi First Nation chief says community made Canadian history

Indigenous players design reconciliation jerseys for Winnipeg high school team

Dennis Pashe returns to role as Dakota Tipi chief after 20 years

With new name in Dakota, St. Paul nonprofit pushes Indigenous renaming forward

Dakota Tipi Chief gives updates on Reconciliation efforts

Canada to issue first-ever official apology to Dakotas

Dakota Tipi member draws on own experience to help others through new recovery program

Dakota Tipi First Nation sues federal government for $475M, alleges Manitoba air base built on unceded land

Dakota Tipi providing more and more services for residents

Historic apology: Portage la Prairie confronts past injustice at Dakota Plains First Nation

36-year-old Dakota Tipi man dead, 34-year-old arrested after stabbing in The Maples

AMC Welcomes Historic Apology from Canada to Dakota and Lakota Nations

Two Dakota First Nations challenge Métis treaty

Dakota Tipi First Nation says The Forks in Winnipeg is unceded territory of their nation

Federal government apologizes to Dakota, Lakota nations for historical mistreatment

Ottawa to apologize to Dakota, Lakota people

Canada to formally apologize to 9 Dakota, Lakota Nations for historic designation as refugees

Manitoba First Nation claims ownership of The Forks

Dakota Tipi continues to quash meth

Portage la Prairie officially apologizes to Dakota people for expulsion from city a century ago

Manitoba First Nation files lawsuit over land claims

Dakota First Nations offered cut of gaming revenue

Reconciliation in action: Dakota Tipi's $18M development marks first of many projects in Portage area

Dakota Tipi First Nation sues The Forks, governments, for financial compensation and ownership of land

Manitoba First Nation sues housing company

Canada apologizes to 9 First Nations, admits it was wrong to label Dakota, Lakota as refugees

Manitoba First Nation files lawsuit claiming The Forks is 'unceded territory'

Manitoba First Nation claims The Forks is unceded territory, files lawsuit

Canada apologizes for labelling Dakota, Lakota second-class First Nations

Dakota Tipi Chief reflects on Murray Sinclair's impact

Dakota First Nations say Manitoba Métis Federation treaty infringes on their rights

Dakota Tipi First Nations turns to evictions to curb drug trade

Academic Research

Wakan tipi and Indian mounds park: Reclaiming an Indigenous feminine sacred site

Research with Native American Communities—Experiences with the Lakota

Home and Homeland in the Land Beyond the Mountains

Process as Product

Once upon a toxic sanctuary: Partnering to restore and reclaim a Dakota sacred site

Tipi tinklers

Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate Ihduhapi: Widening the Lens on Whitecap Dakota First Nation in Pion-Era Photographs, 1955–1969

Origin Stories.

WAKAN TIPI AND INDIAN MOUNDS PARK

Indigenizing evaluation research: How Lakota methodologies are helping" raise the tipi" in the Oglala Sioux Nation

Process as Product

Indigenous Futurity

The Dakota peoples: A history of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota through 1863

Grandma's Tipi: A Present-Day Lakota Story by SD Nelson

The Dakota peoples: A history of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota through 1863

Tipi rings, ceremonial sites and the Siksikaitsitapi in souther Alberta

The ethnomathematics of the Sioux tipi and cone

Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian

The Dakota peoples: A history of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota through 1863

Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian

Bison herds and Indian corn: interspecies matriarchs and revitalised foodways in the Fort Peck Reservation

The Dakota peoples: A history of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota through 1863

Wiyuskinyan Unpi Tipi (Where They Live Contently): A Study on Native Student Belonging at the University of South Dakota

The Dakota peoples: A history of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota through 1863

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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