The terms we are using on this website stem from, and work within, the current societal structure in the United States. Many organizations, out of necessity, currently operate and function within those established structures in order to receive funding, resources, and support to carry out their missions. 

We recognize that many organizations and groups adapt to certain terminology and frameworks in order to function within that structure, but the ideas and methods shared on this website are not “new” – only the coined terminology of these ideas and methods are new. People have lived within promotive cultural structures and utilized various techniques to build resilient, thriving communities for years. 

Because we live on the lands of Alaska Native tribes, we are mainly sharing indigenous, traditional, and rural cultural practices specific to Alaska Native peoples, but we recognize that indigenous groups across the world exist within and maintain cultures that are inherently promotive and protective.