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Dokis First Nation
Dokis Reserve
P.O. Box 62, Site 2
MONETVILLE, ON
POM 2KO

Chief Denise Restoule
Ph: (705) 763-2200
Fax: (705) 763-2087
tina.restoule@ontera.net
On-Reserve Population:  183 ( INAC, 1991)
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Land Base: 12 262ha

Languages
Linguistic Affiliation: Algonkian (Ojibway)
Mother Tongue:

  • English 77%
  • Aboriginal 13%
  • English & Aboriginal 0%
  • French & Other 10%

    • Affiliations
    TC: None
    PTO: Union of Ontario Indians - Robinson-Huron Region

    Electoral Ridings
    (F) Parry Sound - Muskoka
    (P) Parry Sound
     
    Historical Notes

    The Dokis reserve is within the boundaries of the territory described by the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850 and is named after Chief Dokis, a signatory to the Treaty. Dokis I.R. No. 9 was first surveyed in 1853.
     
     

    Industries

    The majority of the labour force works in the service sector, two thirds of these in government services. Local industries include: two confectioneries, marina, four tourist camps and cottage rentals, two trucking businesses, craft store, two chip stands, taxidermy shop and stores and financial institutions available in Sturgeon Falls.

     
     

    Educational Facilities

    Elementary

    • Dokis Indian Day School, JK-3 (First Nation Operated)
    • grades 4-8 students bused to Monetville

    Secondary

    • students bused to Sturgeon Falls
     
     

    Community Services and Facilities

    • fire hall, fire truck
    • community hall/recreation centre, library
    • health clinic with a community health representative
    • home support program
    • Ontario First Nations Policing Arrangements - one constable
     
     

    Communications

    • telephone - Bell Canada
    • radio - CFCH-AM, CKSO-AM
    • newspapers - North Bay Nugget (daily)
    • television - CFCH, CKNY, CKNC, CBC (French), TVOntario
     
     

    Utilities

    • water - reservoir feeds water main system; also community wells
    • sewage - holding tank emptied by tank truck
    • other waste - truck delivers solid waste to landfill site on reserve
    • energy/electricity - Ontario Hydro
     
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