Our community organization is built upon the foundational principle of Gadugi — people coming together as one and working to help one another. We respect and maintain the 17 core community values originally shared by Benny Smith (2009):
1
(Gadugi): People coming together as one and working to help one another.
2
(Detsadatlanigohisdodidegesdi): Strengthen one another with encouraging words in all that you do.
3
(Gvwalitsv ditsadayohisdi itsehesdi): Live and never give up on what you start.
4
(Detsadageyusesdi): Be stingy with one another’s existence, like a mother with child.
5
(Detsadalvquodesdi): Like one another without conditions, admire one another.
6
(Detsadatliyvsesdi): Struggle to hold on to one another or cling to one another.
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(Ulisgedi detsadayelvsesdi): Treat each other’s existence as being sacred or important.
8
(Ditsadasdelisgi itsehesdi): You all live, helping one another.
9
(Nigaya’iso gadugi nitsvnesdi): In the mind and heart always have the thought of working together.
10
(Detsadohiyusesdi): You all have a strong conviction for and believe in one another.
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(Detsadaligenvdisgesdi): You all take responsibility for one another’s wellbeing.
12
(Detsadagtiyesdi): Watch over and wait for one another.
13
(Ditsadagusdanidohi itsehesdi): Live and support each other in all that you do.
14
(Yetsilequalosgesdi digalvwisdadi gananvgoquo): You all gang up on work whenever and wherever it arises.
15
(Ditsaligohi itsehesdi): Live united, work as a team with one another.
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(datsadawatvhidohesdi): Visit one another with love, locate and find one another.
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(Detsadasinasdi itsehesdi): Live and be very skilled in all areas of life, be resourceful.