Vision
To assure Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina thrive forever
Mission
By 2033, the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina have enhanced and strengthened the prosperity, health, and culture of their people and Tribe.
Values
The Tribe’s Traditional Values Circle displays the principles that define our people and assure our future. Translated from Dena’ina, those values are:
- Naq’eltani – “Great Spirit, Creator, Pure Love, Pure Truth”
- Ts’itsatna – “ancestors”
- Yinihugheltani – “one’s spirit”
- Qiz’unch’ – “the right way, the truth”
- Ada – “care, concern, tenderness”
- Nadesnaqa – “our Elders”
- Nagh’ut dalts’ina – “our neighbors”
- Ch’anikna – “children”
- Nanutset – “our history, before our time”
- Nakenagh – “background, lineage”
- Henu – “work, job, task”
- Nudnelyahi ch’u qeneshi – “plants and animals”
- Daggeyi – “fellowship”
- Ey’uh qats’dalts’iyi – “subsistence, living upon the outdoors”
- Na’ini – “strength, courage, sobriety, humility”
- Nagheł’a – “our honesty”
- Chiqinik – “thank you”