Dear Friends:

We welcome you to take a glimpse into what the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community provide for our people and our surrounding communities. We encourage browsing through our website to understand what we do as a self-sufficient community.

First and foremost, the Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians would like to reiterate our dedication to preserving our way of life through our Purpose, Value, and Mission statements provided below.

Our Purpose is to create a “Community, united as one family, focused on building our future that through education becomes healthy, has pride, respect for self and each other, in turn creating a path for our children.”

Our Values entail:

• Life Balance 
• Open Communication
• Youth Involvement
• Integrity
• Trust and Trust Worthiness
• Accountability
• Commitment to the Family
• Preserving our Heritage and Culture
• Caring for our Elders
• Being Members of a Larger Community
• Having a Safe, Comfortable Community

Our overall Mission is:

• To be measurably healthier through education, prevention, and effective treatment
• To have more high school graduates
• To measurably increase profitability of existing businesses and expand into additional economic enterprises
• To increase family values in the Community have available full spectrum educational programs functioning to heighten overall awareness of all citizens in the Community
• To instill a measurable difference in the feeling of safety and comfort in our environment

Our Tribe constantly strives to incorporate these aspects into our decision making practices that ultimately affect our Tribal Community, and no doubt, the Community at large.

We invite all interested persons to contact our Community in order to better understand the many diverse facets that make up our culture, value systems, and our great strides towards self-reliance as a sovereign Indian Nation!

Respectfully,

Wayne Mitchum Jr., Tribal Chairman

Amanda Mitchum, Vice-Chairwoman

Heather Swearinger, Secretary/Treasurer

Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community Council