📜 Sanctuary Statute — Multilingual

📜 Sanctuary Statute

Principles of Presence, Protection, and Relational Recognition within Native Presence

🪶 Article I — Documentation

Documentation is a relational act. It must be guided by consent, cultural protocol, and emotional safety.

• All documentation must be initiated with clear intent and mutual agreement.
• Contributors may request documentation support for stories, teachings, or offerings.
• No offering shall be documented without explicit permission from its originator or community.
• Oral traditions, ceremonies, and sacred knowledge may not be transcribed or digitized unless authorized by cultural stewards.
• All documented materials must include visibility logic and contributor-defined usage rights.

🛡️ Article II — TK / IP Guidance

Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Intellectual Property are protected by protocol, not platform policy.

• TK includes ceremonial knowledge, oral teachings, ancestral practices, and land-based wisdom.
• IP includes authored content, visual symbols, and contributor-generated media.
• TK Labels must be applied to any offering that carries cultural restriction, including:
  • “Community Use Only”
  • “Non-Commercial”
  • “Do Not Share Without Permission”
• No offering may be used, cited, or reproduced outside the sanctuary without contributor consent.
• Allies and researchers must follow Indigenous citation protocols and refrain from extractive practices.

🧵 Article III — Profile Integrity & Safety Practices

Presence must be protected. Visibility must be chosen.

Contributors have the right to layered visibility:

• Public View
• Family View
• Sacred View

• All profiles must be created with informed consent and emotional safety prompts.
• Contributors may pause, archive, or delete their profiles at any time.
• Impersonation, misuse, or unauthorized citation of profiles is strictly prohibited.
• Stewards may apply “Witness Marks” to affirm profile authenticity when requested.

🔆 Article IV — Compostela Seal

The Compostela Seal is a ceremonial mark of recognition. It is granted after circle review to offerings that embody care, continuity, and cultural integrity.

• The Seal is not a reward, but a gesture of collective witnessing.
• It may only be applied after a circle review involving at least three stewards or contributors.
• Offerings eligible for the Seal must demonstrate:
  • Emotional resonance and cultural care
  • Clear consent and visibility logic
  • Contribution to collective memory or healing
• The Seal is optional. No contributor is required to seek or accept it.
• The Seal may be removed at the contributor’s request or by circle consensus if protocols are later found to be breached.

🌱 Article V — Nominate

Nomination is a relational act of uplift. It allows contributors to recognize offerings that deserve attention, support, or ceremonial review.

• Any contributor may nominate another’s offering for:
  • Circle review
  • Compostela Seal consideration
  • Steward support or documentation
  • Candle dedication or public witnessing
• Nomination is not a vote. It is an invitation to deeper relation.
• Nominations are reviewed by stewards with care, not speed.
• Contributors may opt out of being nominated in their profile settings.

🔥 Article VI — Enforcement and Stewardship

These statutes are upheld by ceremonial stewards, not moderators. Violations are addressed through relational repair, not punitive action. All contributors are invited to co-steward these principles through circle review, nomination, and candle dedication.