Cultural-respect anchors
Cross-cultural traditions credited as living, not historical artifacts
6 characters across 6 apps
Across the portfolio, certain characters serve as cultural-respect anchors — they explicitly credit Indigenous, traditional, and inherited knowledge traditions as LIVING ongoing practices, not historical artifacts. They surface the cultural-context-note rule from the trauma-informed-content guideline: honor traditions, partner with living holders, do not appropriate.
Methodology & citations
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (2013) + UNESCO Indigenous TEK guidelines + Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Decolonizing Methodologies (2012).
The cultural-respect anchors cohort
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Wayfind
Cross-cultural navigation traditions
MapForge
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Origin
Indigenous-land/TEK respect (Indigenous-land cluster)
TerraVoyage
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Way
One thing you know (Indigenous trail traditions)
TrailForge
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Steward
Multi-tradition sustainability practices
HarvestForge
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Fold
Sashiko / kente / rebozo / bojagi credited
StyleForge
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Tilth
Milpa / three-sisters / terra preta / West-African polyculture
FarmQuest