Attack 3 · original
Template C as currently specified risks paternalism
If Landseed engineers design Template C's smart contract with FPIC checkpoints and cultural-guardian multi-sig, they are encoding their own interpretation of what indigenous governance should look like — not the community's protocols. The NURJ paper is explicit that indigenous epistemologies must define the logic, not be encoded by outsiders. Forcing every indigenous deployment into a single Template C reproduces the colonial governance pattern the paper critiques.
Scenario
If Landseed engineers design Template C's smart contract with FPIC checkpoints and cultural-guardian multi-sig, they are encoding their own interpretation of what indigenous governance should look like — not the community's protocols. The NURJ paper is explicit that indigenous epistemologies must define the logic, not be encoded by outsiders. Forcing every indigenous deployment into a single Template C reproduces the colonial governance pattern the paper critiques.
Mechanism
A pre-designed 'Template C' smart contract encodes Landseed's interpretation of indigenous governance rather than the specific community's protocols. This violates NURJ §II.B and §V Theoretical Synthesis prescriptions, which require indigenous epistemologies to define the logic.
Mitigation
Template C reconceived from 'a template' to 'a co-design framework.' No single deployable Template C smart contract exists. Each indigenous deployment is a co-designed instance; Landseed provides safety rails (audited core, bounded parameter space) but the community defines protocols, cultural guardians, sensitive actions, distribution rules, transparency norms, and succession protocols. Each deployment requires outside review by an indigenous-rights advocate and annual community-led cultural risk assessment.
Residual risk
Even co-design does not guarantee unanimous community acceptance of the result, and the line between collaboration and paternalism can remain subtle. This is a deliberate exception to the templates-not-customization principle.