Mission & Vision

Mission 

To provide lifelong educational and training opportunities for Tsuut’ina  Nation citizens of all ages.

Vision 

Culturally competent 21st century Tsuut’ina learners that are literate (knowledgeable), ethical (honorable), entrepreneurial (innovative), and engaged.

Traditional Values of the Tsuut'ina Nation

The Tsuut’ina Board of Education also believes in and is guided by the following seven traditional values:

Gudzànàghà ágúniliní  - Kindness –­ a capacity for caring and desire for harmony and well-being in interpersonal relationships.

ík’asii - Honesty –­ a necessity to act with the utmost honesty and integrity in all relationships, recognizing the inviolable and inherent autonomy, dignity and freedom of oneself and others.

Dúdaguts’itł’isí  - Bravery – the exercise of courage and bravery on the part of the individual so that the quality of life and inherent autonomy of oneself and others can be exercised in an atmosphere of security, peace, dignity and freedom.

átłits’ìguts’iná-hí - Sharing – a willingness to relate to one another with an ethic of sharing, generosity, communal consciousness and cooperation while recognizing the interdependence and inter-relatedness of all life.

Nàts’its’idí - Strength – a consciousness of the need for kindness and respect for the integrity of oneself and others to exercise strength of character, fortitude and self-­mastery to generate and maintain peace, harmony and well-­being within oneself and the collective community.

ánáguts’ídíyání - Wisdom – the respect for that quality of knowing and the gift of vision in others (and striving for the same within oneself) that encompasses the holistic view, possesses a spiritual quality and is expressed in the experiential breadth and depth of life.

Iyáts’ilíní - Humility – the quality of having a modest and respectful view of oneself. It involves recognizing and acknowledging one's limitations, weaknesses, and accomplishments without arrogance or self-importance.