Our Mission, Vision & Values
Cultural and spiritual connection guides everything we do.
We provide a sacred space to strengthen the spirit of Indigenous peoples. Using the teachings and ceremonies of our ancestors, we focus on recovery, healing, and building a healthy Native community.
Living the village way of life
We believe that all Native peoples deserve a place to connect with their spirit, and each other. Inspired by the dreams of our late founder, Helen Waukazoo, we envision a future where our urban Indian community thrives. We are committed to reclaiming our cultural ways that centuries of U.S. policy tried to destroy through forced relocation and assimilation. Essential to our vision, is a dedicated, safe place for Native relatives to gather, find services, secure affordable housing, and participate in cultural events and ceremonies.
Our Mission
The mission of Friendship House is to promote healing and wellness in the Native American community by providing high quality substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services while integrating cultural and spiritual traditions.
Our Vision
The vision of Friendship House is to break the cycle of substance abuse by providing a supportive, holistic, and healing environment that is culturally relevant to American Indians/Alaska Natives, develops connections with our proud American Indian/Alaska Native heritage and strengthens and empowers a personal recovery process to restore the balance of mind, body, and spirit.
Our Values
Sovereignty
The right to exercise authority and self-determination within one’s own community or territory.
Reciprocity
Managing and conserving the environment as part of a reciprocal relationship, based on an Indigenous world view that human beings are part of the natural world.
Responsibility
The ethic of our inherited obligations to take care of the land and the people on the land.
We Are One
The immutable spiritual connection between humans and the entirety of creation, a relationship that requires regular attention and nourishment.
Community
Striving to work toward unity, respect, cohesion and collaboration.
Relationship
We deepen relationships through shared experiences and working together, giving people a sense of belonging.
Wisdom
Indigenous knowledge helps us to maintain balance with ourselves, the ancestral world, our environment and the people around us.
