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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: meidung-discipline
title: Meidung Discipline
description: >-
An Amish practice of communal discipline in which a member who has
violated the Ordnung (community rules) and refused to repent is shunned
— 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.etown.edu/young-center/
tags: [amish, anabaptist, discipline, restoration, community]
forked_from: null
image: null
steps:
- headline: Private admonition
description: >-
A member who has violated the Ordnung is first admonished privately by
one or two members, seeking repentance and restoration.
- headline: Bring to the church
description: >-
If private admonition fails, the matter is brought to the church
(congregation). The member is again urged to repent.
- headline: Vote on meidung
description: >-
If the member still refuses, the congregation votes to enter meidung
— shunning. The vote is a communal act, not a leader's decree.
- headline: Shun to restore
description: >-
Members limit social contact with the shunned person — no communal
meals, no business — while continuing family obligations. The purpose
is to make restoration desirable, not to exile permanently.
- headline: Receive the repentant
description: >-
If the member repents, the congregation receives them back with joy
and a vote to end the meidung. Restoration, not punishment, is the
end.
outcome: >-
A member is disciplined by the community with the explicit goal of
restoration; shunning ends the moment repentance is genuine.
practice: >-
Meidung is painful and used rarely. The purpose is always restoration,
not exile. Family obligations continue even in shunning — it is social,
not familial, severance.