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Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels in 10 Points

    Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels in 10 Points If you are looking for a more equitable way to understand the context of Indigenous communities, Traditional Knowledge Labels are a tool to add existing local protocols to cultural heritage that is digitally circulating outside the community.   1. TK Labels is a digital tagging system. TK Labeling is designed to identify and clarify which material has community-specific restrictions regarding access and use.    2. The TK Labels must work for Native, First Nations, Aboriginal and Indigenous communities first and foremost. Information can be augmented to add missing information, to indicate that knowledge is sacred, under gender restrictions, seasonal conditions, and provide context for the importance of materials.   3. TK Labels work as an educational intervention. They also need to be functional for the institutions that are using them. The hope is to generate new Indigenous-driven access.   4. Local Cont