Based on the Salish Medicine Wheel, Snqʷeyɫmistn will build our community similar to a traditional Salish encampment.  We will have a central longhouse (a place for prayer and ceremony) with the main houses circling around it, the outer circle will be for support staff housing.  With spirituality as a foundation, we will balance our physical, emotional, social, and mental health.  Our employees, children, programs, and the organization as a whole will embrace traditional Salish lifeways and core values.

 

We have devised a plan of development with three phases that will build a strong and sustainable organization utilizing the guidance of Salish and Pend d'Oreille elders and experienced professionals.

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Our community will operate with collective principles, stressing the importance of relationship, interdependence, and harmony.  We will work in unison, as a team.  “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." ~African Proverb

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Our education system will draw upon the traditional values of teaching while incorporating contemporary trauma-informed methods, using community and culture as treatment, and acknowledging various learning styles.