This paper is a brief overview of the author's thesis of the concept of "spiritual exchange". It defines the concept from a local traditional ecological knowledge point of view. The central questions that is addressed in this exercise is: how and why did the concept of "kichitawihitowina" or great gifts, used by the original Métis settlers and first generation Métis during the period 1939 to 1969, change its meaning from that used by the second and third generation Métis during the period 1970 to 1992, in the development of the Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement? Is this phenomenon a part of the dimensions of global change or only exclusive to the society of Paddle Prairie? The social organization of the two groups will be analyzed, using the social factors of economics, politics, culture, and social relations to study the concept of kichitawihitowina and what caused it to change its meaning and the effect that this change had on the development of Paddle Prairie