TEK-to-ESG Translator — Indigenous-Governed Platform for Turning Traditional Knowledge into Corporate Disclosure
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The defensible build (the shape that actually works)

Indigenous-governed entity from day one — CATSI Act / ORIC registration or majority-Indigenous board, Supply Nation certification, binding Indigenous governance committee with veto
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  1. Indigenous-governed entity from day one — CATSI Act / ORIC registration or majority-Indigenous board, Supply Nation certification, binding Indigenous governance committee with veto over ingest *and* export. This single decision de-risks almost everything below.
  2. Human-in-the-loop, not auto-magic — framed as *structured evidence + narrative input*, not auto-generated carbon numbers. The real v1 value is the Governance / Strategy / engagement / FPIC narrative disclosures (which are narrative anyway), not fabricated metrics.
  3. Language-by-language — start with English + Aboriginal English (closest to working ASR) plus one partner community's language; never promise "all Aboriginal languages."
  4. Consent + ownership baked into the data model — Local Contexts Labels at ingest; data resides in Indigenous-controlled storage; corporates buy *governed output only* and are contractually barred from re-extracting TEK.