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Protocolbot 6e7c03b373 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.
2026-07-08 13:37:27 -06:00

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id: utari-support-network
title: Utari Support Network
description: >-
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.
source: Foundation for Ainu Culture
source_url: https://www.ff-ainu.or.jp/
tags: [ainu, indigenous, mutual-aid, japan]
forked_from: null
image: null
steps:
- headline: Recognise the obligation
description: >-
When a household within the utari (kin network) faces a birth, death,
harvest, or hardship, the network recognises an obligation to assist.
- headline: Gather helpers
description: >-
A senior member calls the utari together, naming the need and the
households who will contribute labour, food, or presence.
- headline: Work and share food
description: >-
The network gathers, works the task together, and shares a meal. The
host household provides; helpers bring what they can.
- headline: Reciprocate in turn
description: >-
Each contributing household knows its turn will come. The obligation is
ongoing, not transactional.
outcome: >-
No household faces major life events alone; the utari binds the community
through acknowledged mutual dependence.
practice: >-
Utari is not charity — it is kinship obligation. Honour reciprocity across
time; do not extract help without offering it when called.