En'owkin Centre Mandate

In consideration of sacred responsibilities given to us by the Creator, upheld through our culture and continues through our Elders, we are committed to:

• Provide the educational needs and programs of the Indigenous people with full participation by the Elders, the parents and the community.
  
  
• Enhance the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of our people by preserving and reinforcing Indigenous culture, practice and teachings.
  
  
• Develop and implement community based education programs, which focus on the needs of the Indigenous community and are controlled and monitored at the community level.
  
  
• Restore the Okanagan language to its rightful place as the communicator of the culture, under the guidance of the Elders.
  

   

  En'owkin Centre Philosophy

   

  As Indigenous people, the Creator has given us a way of life and natural laws, which govern our relationship to all living things.

   

  The Creator has entrusted to us the responsibility of being 'keepers of the land' of living in harmony and oneness with each other; and maintaining a balance with all things in the environment.

  
  Our knowledge and customs are understood and practiced through our relationships to our land and in the way it protects and ensures our continuance and survival.

  
  Our Mother Earth is a living embodiment of our spirituality and nourishes us in all ways: physical, spiritual, mental and emotional.
  Our spirituality is a sacred trust.

  
  The values of our people are contained in our teachings. It is through our values that we live under the instructions of the Creator that form the foundation of our survival. Therefore, our sacred responsibility is to protect our spirituality, culture and land.