The mission of the Kady Youth Sheep Camp Apprenticeship carries the heartbeat of our ancestors.

It is a path of returning to remember who we are through the lifeways of sheep and goats, our gentle teachers of patience, balance, and care.

Through the work of our hands and hearts, herding, tending the land, gathering herbs, shaping clay, and weaving fiber,

we learn to walk in Hozhó, the way of beauty, harmony, and balance.

We renew Ké, the sacred kinship that binds us to all beings:

the land beneath our feet, the plants that heal us, the animals that sustain us, and the people who walk beside us.

Here, the young learn the old songs again.

They learn to listen to the wind, to move with the seasons, and to keep the fire of our Diné lifeways alive, so that the stories, the songs, and the prayers of our people will continue to live and breathe through them.