In the early days of the Dogrib Divisional Board of Education (1989-1996), the Board members called for a competition to design a logo for the new organization. The competition was open to students in the schools in five communities of Behchokö (Rae-Edzo), Dettah, (in 1989, the original board of education included the community of Dettah); Gamètì (Rae Lakes) , Wekweetì (Snare Lakes) and Whatì (Lac La Martre). Over one hundred submissions were received by the Board. Figure: Logo of the Tåîchô Community Services Agency

Unable to make up their minds, they chose three designs from three different students:

• one with a stretched hide and text,
• one with a tipi including a map of the region showing five Tåîchô communities around Great Slave Lake
• one with a “dancing caribou”.

All three designs were merged into one by INKIT of Yellowknife and the new logo for the Board was established. The text under the stretched hide was the name of the new organization suggested by Mary Adele Rabesca, a former Board member from Whatì...“Tåîchô Nek’e Elets’ats’edi Gha K’aodee” translates roughly as “Leaders in charge of helping people on Tåîchô lands”. Although the name of our organization has changed over the years from the Dogrib Divisional Board of Education (1988) to the Dogrib Community Services Board (1997) to the Tåîchô Community Services Agency (2005), our logo has remained relevant through these changes and has continued to represent who we are.