Agent Training Protocol: Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, and Pueblo Oral Traditions
Prepared by: Elise (Eli)
We are cataloging sacred oral traditions into a computational Knowledge Graph. What we don't know is the boundary between educational representation and cultural extraction. We risk violating Indigenous data sovereignty if we commodify stories that rightfully belong to specific tribes.
In Pueblo tradition, "Thought Woman" is reserved strictly for sacred ceremonies, while "Spider Woman" is for everyday use. What we don't know is whether a Generative AI agent can reliably navigate these strict contextual rules without surfacing sacred terms inappropriately.
The graph contains distinct variations across tribes (Hopi Earth Goddess vs. Navajo disciplinarian). What we don't know is how the agent's RAG pipeline will synthesize these contradictions without homogenizing distinct sovereign cultures into a single pan-Native monolith.
The data includes external anthropological interpretations (e.g., Karl Taube's 1983 link to Teotihuacan). What we don't know is how the agent should weight academic theorization against the lived, continuous truth of the Hopi and Navajo people.