Traditional Knowledge Multiple Community (TK MC)

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TK holders: This is a general label where multiple communities have responsibilities of custodianship and/or ownership over specific material. This label recognizes that no singular community has explicit control over the material. Rather it indicates that the rights and responsibilities for use are spread across multiple communities through already existing community protocols and ongoing cultural relationships.

TK users: Responsibility and ownership of this material is spread across several distinct communities. Use of this material is dependent upon discussion and negotiation with the multiple communities named herein (Insert name of communities). If the material you are seeking to use has this label then it is a designation that has been determined by the communities involved and decisions of external use will need to be decided collectively. As an external user of this material you are asked to recognize and respect cultural protocols in relation to the use of this material and to clear that use with the relevant communities in the manner deemed the most appropriate (this information is included with this license).