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Executive Summary
The comprehensive planning process with Tribal Council involved strategic planning work
with the entire organization which flowed into a two-day retreat and a one-day workshop.
Council went through exercises to identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities
and Threats (SWOT) for the Tribe as a whole. The SWOT was prioritized, major themes
were identified and any barriers that might come up were discussed. From this work we
developed seven goals to work on over the next five years.
OUR GOALS:
• Provide services, and access to services, to all tribal members
• Provide enhanced, transparent, meaningful communication
• Engage departments and programs to improve and sustain policies, procedures and processes across
the organization
• Assist the Tribe and Tribal members to help them become more self-sufficient
• Continue to exercise our sovereignty to maintain and restore our inherent rights in our aboriginal territory
• Work better together
• Preserve, protect, recover and grow tradition, culture and language to promote cultural identity
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