Accountability
As a member of a Native community one is accountable to elders and others
Britta Guerrero
About Britta Guerrero
Britta Guerrero is the executive director of the Sacramento Native American Health Center. She believes access to health care services--on and off reservations and rancherias--is an inherent right.
Tribal Affiliation
San Carlos Apache
Hometown
Alameda, California
Region
California
VIDEO CLIPS
Gathering place
The health center is a community center
HIV
People don’t go to the HIV clinic because they don’t want to be seen going in
Indian Town
Partnerships among various Indian groups creates an “Indian town” in Sacramento
Medicinal
Water is medicine: necessary, cleansing, hydrating, essential to life
Respect
As a member of a Native community, one is accountable to one’s elders
Wider View
Leaders in the urban communities can look outside of their tribes