A group of Cold Lake First Nations elders sat together and created a mission statement in 2014. They talked about what they believed to be the most essential values by which people can live. This statement reads as follows:

“Sekwi t’ąhi ʔąłu ghedełi beba”

“Yedariyihe Łuéchok Túé Denesųłįné neją nuh k’e ninuxįnila nit’a ełk’esį nuhnéné k’e xąk’ahuldu, hok’esoridliʔu, eyi hot’a sehoʔą. Nuhxeyatíe u, nuhch’aníe u, t’ąt’u eghasoredi bes’udi xa yąnįsįʔu, duhų, xeł tth’i yąnathe t’ahots’ęn hots’ęn Denesųłįné dahidlį. Ekohuʔą sį hok’etł’a hule hots’en”.

“…For the Unborn Children Travelling Towards us”

“The Creator placed us, the Cold Lake First Nations Denesųłįnę, on this land to freely govern ourselves with equality, respect, honor, and harmony. And to uphold and maintain our Denesųłįné language, culture, and beliefs like the past, for the present, and for the future generations to come. That’s the way things are until there is no tomorrow.”

This mission statement speaks to our world view “that the Creator placed us on this land: to be free people; to be able to govern ourselves; to worship freely, and to place and maintain our language, culture, and beliefs in a place of honor with respect and harmony; for the future generations.”