5/4/2010 UPDATE:::: We are going to be changing around our mission and focusing on INDIGENOUS CULTURAL WELLNESS. Please stay tuned as we restructure our website.  All the tobacco links will be available.  Thank you to all who supported the Native American Tobacco Coalition of Montana and who continue to visit our site!

VALUES

The Values that guide our work are prayer, interdependence, humor, generosity, traditions, caring, acknowledging ancestors, respecting ourselves, each other, our environment and all our relations.

Additionally, we work from the perspective of self-discipline, respect, insight, integrity, humilty, strength and flexibilty with the goal of creating holistic health for Indian families and communities.

We carry on the traditions of bravery, resilience, purity, clarity, honesty, committment, unity and our cultural knowledge.  We are focused and able.  We have stamina and embody these values in our relationships as well as our work.  We honor our elders and are mindful of the generations to come.

GOALS

1.  To advocate our mission and values to the larger tobacco movement.
2.  To promote Native American community health.
3. To be a stronger, united voice at all levels (State, National)
4. To support culturally relevant activities.
5. To promote voice, vision and values of responsible use of sacred and ceremonial tobacco in our communities.
6. To develop resources to empower our communities to arrest addiction to tobacco for profit products