Our Mission The Indian Community School nurtures the whole child — mind, body, spirit, and emotions — through Indigenous ways of knowing, language, and values. We prepare our students with a strong cultural identity, critical thinking, and academic readiness to live in a good way and carry forward the wisdom of our ancestors for the benefit of future generations. Seven Sacred Gifts Our Values are based on the seven Sacred Gifts from the Creator that express the Indian philosophy of life through fundamental convictions, collective beliefs and exemplary character. Among the many Sacred Gifts given by the Creator, the Indian Community School experience focuses on: Bravery, Humility, Love, Honesty, Respect, Wisdom and Truth. Land and Water Acknowledgment We first acknowledge the land and the water that has become home to Indian Community School. We acknowledge all of the caretakers of this land: · those who were removed or erased from their traditional homelands here; including the Sauk, Fox, Dakota Oyáte, Mesquaki, Ioway, Miami, Kickapoo and Mascouten; and the Nations whose names we will never know; · those who most recently lived here as a nation: the Bodwe’wadmi (keepers of the fire), who reside here as part of the Three Fires Confederacy and are known today as the Potawatomi; · those whose creation stories took place in neighboring lands and who have called this territory “home” since time immemorial: the Ho-Chungra (people of the loud voice), today known as the Ho-Chunk and the Mamaceqtawak (the people), known today as the Menominee; · the most recent caretakers, the students, staff and board of the Indian Community School. We also acknowledge those who represent the Tribal Nations of what is now Wisconsin: Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Forest County Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Oneida Nation, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Sokaogon Chippewa Community - Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Saint Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, Brothertown Indian Nation and all of the Tribal Nations outside of Wisconsin’s borders, whose tribal members and descendants are represented by our students, staff and community.
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