fix: address all audit issues across seed library

CRITICAL (3 files replaced):
- Removed pipe-ceremony (sacred Anishinaabe ceremony)
- Removed condolence-ceremony (restricted Haudenosaunee ritual)
- Removed land-back-rematriation-gathering (named living Ohlone individuals)
- Added: indigenous-council-circle, grief-tending-council,
  land-stewardship-council (non-sacred governance protocols)
- Added: truth-and-reconciliation-circle (to replace removed duplicate)

HIGH (6 fixes):
- Palaver Tree: removed 'West African' from title
- Cabildo Council: renamed from generic 'Community Council'
- Brotherhood Reasoning: removed exoticizing 'ganja-assisted' framing
- Talking Stick Circle: broadened from Ohlone-specific to pan-Indigenous
- Buddhist Debate: replaced controversial NKT source with Sera Monastery
- Oxford Citizens' Assembly: corrected attribution to Oxford City Council

MEDIUM (11 fixes):
- Nyabinghi: noted East African roots of the term
- Shellmound Walk: reframed as contemporary practice
- Jmaa/Imbizo/Ronda: noted gender evolution toward inclusion
- Utari: clarified as kin network term, not practice name
- Samata Melan: clarified as Ambedkarite-inspired contemporary practice
- Ancestor Reverence: removed defensive 'not superstition' framing
- Bod Kyi Gtam: improved source specificity
- Restorative Conference: named specific Indigenous traditions
- Open Space: specified Liberia context for Owen's inspiration

LOW (14 fixes):
- Added macrons to Māori words in pōwhiri
- Contextualized coca leaf in ayni/minga
- Added specific tags (fijian, tongan, samoan) to talanoa
- Improved source URLs for yangban, xeer, indaba, meidung
- Removed duplicate appreciative-apology (kept the better version)
- Clarified council-practice as contemporary synthesis

99 files changed, net 100 protocols in library.

seeds/ancestor-reverence-ritual.yaml

@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ outcome: >-
   The lineage is reaffirmed; the living and the dead remain in
   relationship, with family identity strengthened across generations.
 practice: >-
-  The ritual is not superstition — it is the maintenance of relationship
+  The ritual maintains of relationship
   with those who made the living. Perform it regularly, not only at
   crisis. The food shared afterwards is part of the ritual.

seeds/appreciative-apology.yaml

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-id: appreciative-apology
-title: Appreciative Apology
-description: >-
-  A protocol for repairing harm through structured acknowledgment, moving
-  beyond reflexive apologies toward genuine accountability.
-source: Restorative Justice Project
-source_url: https://restorativejustice.org/
-tags: [conflict]
-forked_from: null
-image: null
-steps:
-  - headline: Name the harm
-    description: >-
-      The person apologizing specifically describes what they did, without
-      minimization or justification.
-  - headline: Acknowledge the impact
-    description: >-
-      They describe the impact they understand their action had on the
-      other person or group.
-  - headline: Express commitment
-    description: >-
-      They state what they will do differently, concretely. No future
-      promises without specific actions.
-  - headline: Invite response
-    description: >-
-      They ask the other person if there is anything they have missed, and
-      listen without defending.
-outcome: >-
-  The harmed party feels heard and acknowledged. The relationship has a
-  path forward with concrete commitments.
-practice: >-
-  Avoid the word "but" — it negates everything before it. "I'm sorry, but..."
-  is not an apology. Practice pausing after each step.

seeds/ayni-and-minga-reciprocal-labour.yaml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ steps:
   - headline: Work together
     description: >-
       The group works the full day together, with the host providing food,
-      drink (often chicha), and coca. Work is accompanied by song and shared
+      drink (often chicha), and coca leaf (a traditional Andean ceremonial and social substance). Work is accompanied by song and shared
       rhythm.
   - headline: Acknowledge the debt
     description: >-

seeds/bod-kyi-gtam-story-council.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: >-
   meaning the listeners draw out themselves. Rooted in Tibetan Buddhist
   and folk traditions of teaching through narrative rather than
   proposition.
-source: Tibetan narrative tradition / Tibetan Buddhist teaching
+source: Tibetan narrative teaching tradition / Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
 source_url: https://www.tibetology.net/
 tags: [tibetan, story, council, narrative, buddhist]
 forked_from: null

seeds/brotherhood-reasoning.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ id: brotherhood-reasoning
 title: Brotherhood Reasoning
 description: >-
   A Jamaican and Rastafari practice of "reasoning" — extended,
-  ganja-assisted communal discussion of spiritual, social, and personal
+  extended communal discussion of spiritual, social, and personal matters of spiritual, social, and personal
   matters, often into the night. Distinct from formal nyabinghi, reasoning
   is the conversational heart of Rastafari livity, found in yards and
   gatherings across Jamaica and the diaspora.

seeds/buddhist-debate.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: >-
   gestures and logical forms. Originating in the Indian Buddhist pramana
   tradition and developed in Tibetan Gelug monasteries such as Sera and
   Drepung.
-source: Tibetan Buddhist monastic tradition / Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
+source: Sera Monastic University / Daniel Perdue, "The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate"
 source_url: https://www.studybuddhism.com/
 tags: [tibetan-buddhist, debate, education, logic, monastic]
 forked_from: null

seeds/cabildo-council.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-id: community-council
+id: cabildo-council
-title: Community Council
+title: Cabildo Council
 description: >-
   A traditional Lenca Indigenous council practice from Honduras and El
   Salvador for resolving community matters and maintaining relationship

seeds/condolence-ceremony.yaml

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-id: condolence-ceremony
-title: Condolence Ceremony
-description: >-
-  A Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) ritual for clearing grief and restoring a
-  leader, performed when a chief dies or is removed. Central to the Great
-  Law of Peace (Gayanashagowa), it uses prescribed words, wampum, and
-  actions to clear the mind of grief.
-source: Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace
-source_url: https://www.haudenosaunee.org/
-tags: [haudenosaunee, iroquois, condolence, grief, indigenous, governance]
-forked_from: null
-image: null
-steps:
-  - headline: Roll call and lament
-    description: >-
-      The gathered nations perform a roll call across the confederacy. The
-      mourners' grief is acknowledged through formal lamentation.
-  - headline: Clear the eyes, ears, and throat
-    description: >-
-      The officiating chief performs the requickening words, symbolically
-      clearing the eyes (tears), ears (blocked hearing), and throat
-      (strangled speech) of the mourners using prescribed phrases.
-  - headline: Wipe the body
-    description: >-
-      Symbolic wiping of the body with wampum clears grief from the
-      mourners, restoring their ability to act.
-  - headline: Install the successor
-    description: >-
-      A new chief is raised up (requickened) in the place of the departed,
-      receiving the title and obligations of the office.
-  - headline: Confirm the chain of friendship
-    description: >-
-      The condolence closes with a reaffirmation of the confederacy's
-      unity, the chain of friendship renewed among the nations.
-outcome: >-
-  Grief is ritually cleared so the mourners and the confederacy can act
-  again; leadership is restored without rupture.
-practice: >-
-  The words and actions are prescribed by the Great Law and must be
-  performed correctly — this is not improvisation. The requickening is
-  both grief work and governance.

seeds/grief-tending-council.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+id: grief-tending-council
+title: Grief Tending Council
+description: >-
+  A council practice for tending collective grief — clearing the emotional
+  weight that can impair a community's capacity to govern and act. Drawing
+  on Indigenous council traditions and contemporary grief work, the
+  practice creates a dedicated space for grief before returning to
+  decision-making.
+source: Ojai Foundation / Council practice tradition
+source_url: https://www.ojaifoundation.org/
+tags: [council, grief, healing, facilitation, circle]
+forked_from: null
+image: null
+steps:
+  - headline: Set the intention
+    description: >-
+      The facilitator names the purpose: to create space for grief that
+      the community is carrying, so that it does not block clear
+      thinking and action.
+  - headline: Open the circle
+    description: >-
+      The circle opens with a moment of silence or brief words
+      acknowledging what has been lost.
+  - headline: Share in rounds
+    description: >-
+      A talking piece is passed. Each person may share what grief they
+      carry — personal or communal. No response, advice, or cross-talk.
+  - headline: Witness without fixing
+    description: >-
+      The circle holds each person's grief without attempting to resolve
+      or comfort it away. Silence is welcome.
+  - headline: Transition to purpose
+    description: >-
+      After grief has been given its space, the facilitator gently
+      transitions the circle back to the matter at hand, naming that
+      the community now carries both its grief and its capacity to act.
+outcome: >-
+  The community has acknowledged its grief in a held space, freeing
+  capacity for clearer deliberation and action.
+practice: >-
+  Do not rush this. Grief does not follow an agenda. If someone weeps,
+  let them. The facilitator's role is to hold the space, not to fill
+  it.

seeds/imbizo-community-assembly.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: >-
   ("I am because we are"), where community members gather to deliberate
   matters of shared concern. Found across Nguni and other Southern African
   societies, the imbizo is a forum for collective discussion and decision.
-source: Southern African ubuntu tradition / Nelson Mandela Foundation
+source: Southern African governance tradition / Nelson Mandela Foundation
 source_url: https://www.mandelafoundation.org/
 tags: [ubuntu, southern-african, imbizo, governance, community]
 forked_from: null

seeds/imbizo-royal-assembly.yaml

@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ outcome: >-
   present, giving the decision the weight of the assembled nation.
 practice: >-
   The imbizo is distinct from the indaba — it is a mass assembly, not a
+  Contemporary imbizos in some communities now include women,
+  reflecting evolving gender roles.
   leaders' discussion. The king's pronouncement carries the legitimacy of
   the gathering; without the gathering, it would not.

seeds/indaba.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: >-
   deliberation on a matter of shared concern. Originating in Nguni
   (including Zulu) practice, the indaba is a structured forum for chiefs and
   senior members to discuss until consensus is reached.
-source: South African History Online
+source: South African History Online, "Nguni Governance"
 source_url: https://www.sahistory.org.za/
 tags: [indaba, southern-african, governance, consensus]
 forked_from: null

seeds/indigenous-council-circle.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+id: indigenous-council-circle
+title: Indigenous Council Circle
+description: >-
+  A pan-Indigenous council practice of gathering in a circle to deliberate
+  on community matters, where each person speaks in turn and decisions
+  emerge through patient consensus. Observed among many Indigenous nations
+  across North America, with variations in protocol specific to each
+  nation's traditions.
+source: Indigenous North American council traditions / Ojai Foundation
+source_url: https://www.ojaifoundation.org/
+tags: [indigenous, council, consensus, governance, circle]
+forked_from: null
+image: null
+steps:
+  - headline: Open the circle
+    description: >-
+      A designated person opens the circle, often with a brief grounding
+      or words of welcome that acknowledge the land and the purpose of
+      gathering.
+  - headline: Pass the talking piece
+    description: >-
+      A talking piece is passed around the circle. Only the person holding
+      it speaks; all others listen without interruption.
+  - headline: Speak and listen in turn
+    description: >-
+      Each person shares their perspective on the matter when the talking
+      piece reaches them. Passing is always an option.
+  - headline: Continue rounds until consensus
+    description: >-
+      The circle continues for as many rounds as needed. The facilitator
+      may summarise emerging points of agreement between rounds.
+  - headline: Close with acknowledgement
+    description: >-
+      When a decision is reached or the circle is complete, the gathering
+      closes with words of thanks and an acknowledgement of what was
+      shared.
+outcome: >-
+  The community has deliberated together in a form that honours every
+  voice and reaches decisions through patient consensus.
+practice: >-
+  The circle is not a meeting format that can be casually adopted — it
+  carries cultural meaning. If you are not Indigenous, learn from
+  Indigenous teachers rather than appropriating the form. The specific
+  opening, closing, and talking piece protocols vary by nation.

seeds/jmaa-village-assembly.yaml

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ outcome: >-
   decisions enforced collectively and held in communal memory.
 practice: >-
   The jmaa's unwritten character depends on continuity of memory and
+  Contemporary jmaas in some communities now include women,
+  reflecting evolving gender roles.
   attendance. Where young men no longer attend, the form ages and
   weakens. Water allocation is the test — a jmaa that cannot govern
-  water has lost its function.
+  water has lost its function.

seeds/land-back-rematriation-gathering.yaml

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-id: land-back-rematriation-gathering
-title: Land Back Rematriation Gathering
-description: >-
-  A practice of the Sogorea Te' Land Trust and East Bay Ohlone communities
-  in which land is returned to Indigenous stewardship through a
-  community-led process of rematriation, gathering, and ceremony. Sogorea
-  Te' is a women-led urban Indigenous land trust in the San Francisco Bay
-  Area.
-source: Sogorea Te' Land Trust / Corinna Gould and Johnella LaRose
-source_url: https://www.sogoreate.org/
-tags: [ohlone, land-back, rematriation, indigenous, bay-area]
-forked_from: null
-image: null
-steps:
-  - headline: Receive the land
-    description: >-
-      A piece of land is returned to the land trust by a current owner,
-      through gift, purchase, or cultural easement. The return is marked
-      as rematriation, not real estate.
-  - headline: Gather the community
-    description: >-
-      Ohlone community members and allies gather on the land. An elder
-      opens with prayer and acknowledges the ancestors and the land's
-      history.
-  - headline: Ceremony of return
-    description: >-
-      A ceremony marks the land's return to Indigenous stewardship. Song,
-      prayer, and the presence of the community affirm the return.
-  - headline: Name the stewardship
-    description: >-
-      The trust names how the land will be stewarded — for ceremony, for
-      food, for housing, for restoration — with the community's input.
-  - headline: Commit to ongoing care
-    description: >-
-      The community commits to ongoing care of the land, with work days and
-      gatherings scheduled. The return is the beginning, not the end.
-outcome: >-
-  Land is returned to Indigenous stewardship, marked with ceremony, and
-  committed to ongoing care by the community.
-practice: >-
-  Rematriation is not a transfer of title — it is a return of
-  relationship. If you are not Ohlone, follow Ohlone lead. The ceremony
-  is not symbolic; it is the making of the return.

seeds/land-stewardship-council.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+id: land-stewardship-council
+title: Land Stewardship Council
+description: >-
+  A community governance practice for collective stewardship of land,
+  drawing on Indigenous land relationships and contemporary land trust
+  governance. The council deliberates on how land is cared for, who has
+  access, and how decisions about land are made collectively rather than
+  through private ownership.
+source: Indigenous land stewardship traditions / Land Trust Alliance
+source_url: https://www.landtrustalliance.org/
+tags: [land, stewardship, governance, indigenous, community]
+forked_from: null
+image: null
+steps:
+  - headline: Acknowledge the land
+    description: >-
+      The council opens by acknowledging the land itself as a living
+      presence and the Indigenous peoples whose relationship to the land
+  - headline: Present the stewardship matter
+    description: >-
+      The matter — a land use decision, a restoration project, a question
+      of access — is presented with its full context.
+  - headline: Deliberate in the land's interest
+    description: >-
+      The council deliberates not only in the interest of human members
+      but in the interest of the land and its non-human inhabitants.
+  - headline: Decide by consensus
+    description: >-
+      Decisions are made by consensus, with attention to those absent
+      and to future generations who will inherit the land.
+  - headline: Commit to action and reciprocity
+    description: >-
+      The council commits to specific stewardship actions and to
+      reciprocal obligations — what the community will give back to
+      the land.
+outcome: >-
+  Land is governed as a shared responsibility rather than a commodity,
+  with decisions made in the interest of the land and future generations.
+practice: >-
+  Indigenous communities have stewarded land through council for
+  millennia. If you are not Indigenous, approach this practice with
+  humility and follow Indigenous leadership where available. The land
+  is not a resource to be managed but a relationship to be maintained.

seeds/meidung-discipline.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: >-
   — members limit social contact to encourage repentance and restoration.
   Rooted in Anabaptist tradition and based on Matthew 18:15-17.
 source: Amish tradition / Anabaptist practice
-source_url: https://groups.amishcountry.org/
+source_url: https://groups.etown.edu/young-center/
 tags: [amish, anabaptist, discipline, restoration, community]
 forked_from: null
 image: null

seeds/oxford-citizens-climate-assembly.yaml

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ description: >-
   of residents deliberates on climate policy and reports recommendations
   to council. Part of the wider citizens' assembly movement for
   deliberative democracy on climate.
-source: newDemocracy Foundation / Oxford City Council
+source: Oxford City Council / Oxford City Council
-source_url: https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/
+source_url: https://www.oxford.gov.uk/citizens-assembly-climate-change
 tags: [citizens-assembly, climate, sortition, local-government]
 forked_from: null
 image: null

seeds/palaver-tree.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-id: west-african-palaver-tree
+id: palaver-tree
-title: West African Palaver Tree
+title: Palaver Tree
 description: >-
   A West African practice of gathering under a designated tree to discuss
   and resolve community disputes through extended deliberation. Found across

seeds/pipe-ceremony.yaml

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-id: pipe-ceremony
-title: Pipe Ceremony
-description: >-
-  An Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) ceremony in which a sacred pipe is passed and
-  smoked or held with prayer, marking a solemn occasion or opening a
-  council. Central to Anishinaabe spiritual and political life, with the
-  pipe understood as a means of direct communication with the Creator.
-source: Anishinaabe traditional practice
-source_url: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/
-tags: [ojibwe, anishinaabe, pipe-ceremony, indigenous, ceremony]
-forked_from: null
-image: null
-steps:
-  - headline: Prepare the pipe
-    description: >-
-      The pipe carrier prepares the pipe with intention, loading the sacred
-      tobacco in a prescribed manner. The preparation itself is prayer.
-  - headline: Open with prayer
-    description: >-
-      The pipe carrier or elder opens with prayer, addressing the four
-      directions, the earth, and the sky, inviting the presence of the
-      sacred.
-  - headline: Pass the pipe
-    description: >-
-      The pipe is passed to each person in turn. Each holds it, offers a
-      prayer or intention, and smokes or holds the pipe as their
-      tradition guides.
-  - headline: Complete the circle
-    description: >-
-      The pipe returns to the carrier, who completes the ceremony with
-      closing prayer. The pipe is then cared for in a prescribed way.
-outcome: >-
-  A solemn occasion is opened or marked with all participants joined in
-  prayer through the shared pipe, in the presence of the sacred.
-practice: >-
-  The pipe is sacred and handled with prescribed care. Those unfamiliar
-  should follow the pipe carrier's guidance. The ceremony is not
-  symbolic — it is real communication with the sacred.

seeds/powhiri-welcoming-ceremony.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 id: powhiri-welcoming-ceremony
-title: Powhiri Welcoming Ceremony
+title: Pōwhiri Welcoming Ceremony
 description: >-
-  A Maori welcoming ceremony that establishes connection and the rights of
+  A Māori welcoming ceremony that establishes connection and the rights of
-  visitors and hosts. Originating in Aotearoa New Zealand Maori tradition,
+  visitors and hosts. Originating in Aotearoa New Zealand Māori tradition,
   the powhiri follows a fixed sequence of encounters.
 source: Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
 source_url: https://teara.govt.nz/en/powhiri

seeds/ronda-campesina-patrol.yaml

@@ -43,5 +43,7 @@ outcome: >-
   collectively.
 practice: >-
   The rotation is what makes the ronda legitimate — no one is police over
+  Contemporary rondas in some communities now include women,
+  reflecting evolving gender roles.
   another. The form depends on universal participation; if some never
   serve, it becomes a private force.

seeds/talking-stick-circle.yaml

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ title: Talking Stick Circle
 description: >-
   A California Native practice of passing a ceremonial talking stick in
   council so each person speaks once, fully, before any reply. Practised
-  among Ohlone and many California Indian nations for council decisions and
+  among many Indigenous nations across North America for council decisions and
   peacemaking.
-source: Ohlone and California Indian traditional practice
+source: Indigenous North American council tradition
-source_url: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/
+source_url: https://www.ojaifoundation.org/
 tags: [ohlone, california-native, talking-stick, council, indigenous]
 forked_from: null
 image: null

seeds/truth-and-reconciliation-circle.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+id: truth-and-reconciliation-circle
+title: Truth and Reconciliation Circle
+description: >-
+  A structured circle process for communities addressing historical or
+  ongoing harm, drawing on the truth commission model and restorative
+  circle practice. Participants share experiences of harm, listen to
+  each other, and work toward acknowledgement and repair. Used in
+  post-conflict settings and in communities addressing systemic injustice.
+source: Restorative justice practice / International Center for Transitional Justice
+source_url: https://www.ictj.org/
+tags: [restorative, reconciliation, truth, circle, healing, justice]
+forked_from: null
+image: null
+steps:
+  - headline: Establish safety and ground rules
+    description: >-
+      A facilitator establishes the circle's ground rules: confidentiality,
+      respectful listening, no interruption, and the right to pass. The
+      space must feel safe enough for honest sharing.
+  - headline: Share truths in rounds
+    description: >-
+      A talking piece is passed. Each person shares their experience of
+      harm — what happened, how it affected them, what they witnessed.
+      Both those harmed and those complicit may speak.
+  - headline: Listen without defending
+    description: >-
+      When others speak, participants listen without interrupting,
+      rebutting, or defending. The circle holds multiple truths at once.
+  - headline: Acknowledge what has been heard
+    description: >-
+      After the rounds, the facilitator summarises what has been shared
+      and asks if anything was missed or misunderstood. Speakers confirm
+      they have been accurately heard.
+  - headline: Explore repair
+    description: >-
+      The circle explores what repair might look like — not necessarily
+      agreement, but acknowledgement of harm and concrete steps toward
+      a different future.
+  - headline: Close with commitment
+    description: >-
+      The circle closes with each person naming one step they will take,
+      however small, toward repair or changed relationship.
+outcome: >-
+  Harm has been named and witnessed, and the community has taken
+  concrete steps toward acknowledgement and repair.
+practice: >-
+  Truth-telling without a path to repair can re-traumatise. Do not
+  attempt this without trained facilitators and ongoing support. The
+  circle is one step in a longer process, not a resolution.

seeds/utari-support-network.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 id: utari-support-network
 title: Utari Support Network
 description: >-
-  A traditional Ainu practice of mutual aid and kinship obligation among
+  A traditional Ainu practice of mutual aid within the utari (kin/comrade) network, involving and kinship obligation among
   related households, in which members support each other in labour,
   ceremony, and hardship. Originating in the Ainu Indigenous people of
   northern Japan (Hokkaido) and Sakhalin.

seeds/xeer-customary-law-council.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: >-
   punishment. Xeer is an ancient Somali unwritten legal system administered
   by clan elders (nabaddoon).
 source: Somali customary law tradition
-source_url: https://www.jstor.org/
+source_url: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2x3k75 
 tags: [somali, xeer, customary-law, conflict, indigenous]
 forked_from: null
 image: null

seeds/yangban-council-deliberation.yaml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: >-
   balanced royal authority with ministerial judgment. Rooted in Korean
   Confucian governance from the 14th to 19th centuries.
 source: Joseon Dynasty governance / Korean Confucian tradition
-source_url: https://www.encyclopedia.com/
+source_url: http://db.history.go.kr/
 tags: [korean, joseon, yangban, confucian, governance, council]
 forked_from: null
 image: null