CRIHB Mission Statement

4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95841
(916) 929-9761

Last Modified: January 30, 2008

Statement of Values

Mission Statement

CRIHB is a network of Tribal Health Programs, which are controlled and sanctioned by Indian people, and their Tribal Governments.

We are committed to the needs and interests that elevate and promote the health status and social conditions of the Indian People of California.

CRIHB does this by providing advocacy, shared resources, training and technical assistance that enhances the delivery of quality comprehensive health related services.

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Statement of Values

HEALTH CARE … we value:

• Quality of Care: We support tribal health programs in delivery of quality comprehensive
healthcare
• Customer-Orientation: We must never lose sight of the people we serve. Our services
must be available, accessible, and acceptable to them.
• Culturally Competent Health Care: We strive to integrate the best of both traditional
medicine and western medicine within the context of our respective Indian cultures.
• Traditional Health Practices: We value the return to our traditional health practices and
the adoption of these into our personal and community health programs.

SELF DETERMINATION … we value:

• Tribal Sovereignty: We are the “First Nations”. We have a rich history of Tribal selfgovernance,
with our own customs and laws and organizational structures, which we
administer within the context of applicable State and Federal laws, in a government-togovernment
relationship.
• Leadership: which has enabled us to survive, persevere, and develop as a people.
Unity and Shared Inter-Tribal Pursuits: We are learning how to work together and
collaborate more effectively. We have learned to set aside our own Tribal differences in
order to pursue common legislative and programmatic goals through advocacy,
coordinated actions and joint ventures.
• Consensus Building and Collaboration: in our own organizational participation and in our
collective legislation and advocacy activities.
Indians Helping Indians: Politically, we have accomplished this through the expression of
self-determination. Professionally, we are committed to the recruitment, training,
placement, and development of professional and non-professional personnel who are
• Indigenous. As a community we support each other in creating economic development
opportunities to support our Tribal Health Programs.

TRADITIONAL CULTURE … we value:

Cultural Heritage: It enables us to preserve our integrity as independent societies. This
includes:
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• Respect for our Selves
• Respect for each Other
• Respect for our Families
• Respect for our Youth
• Respect for our Elders
• Respect for our Tribes
• Harmony in our Lives

Our Land: Maintaining a harmonious relationship with our environment, which is sacred
to us.

Life Experiences: which are rooted in our traditions and culture, and which we endeavor
to share with our Youth.

CRIHB · 4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd Floor · Sacramento · CA 95841 · (916) 929-9761