Reciprocity, Positivity and Generosity

SIGNIFICANCE

Gifting, payment, and trade with the Piikani People and culture has been a custom since time in memorial.

ESSENTIAL

Practices of generosity and reciprocity is in accordance with cultural protocol and honor systems.

Generous support is mandatory for all project aspects and throughout the entirety of their lifecycle. At minimum, project reciprocal terms will support activities such as compensation, conservation, environmental protection, monitoring, and site reclamation.

PROPONENT

To Acknowledge & Respect:

• The significance and cultural importance of reciprocity in Piikani history and culture
• Piikani lands and resources by honoring the protocol of reciprocity
• The detailed value of every element and relationship within nature, ecosystems, land, water, air, plants, animals, vegetation, and Piikanissini
• Generous support of all project stages spanning developments of the past, present, and future

PROTOCOL

Honoring the reciprocity, positivity, and generosity components of Piikanissini through protocol fulfillment in the form of payment, royalty or compensation suitable to the magnitude of adaptation the Piikani People and land will incur.