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      "check legal recognition where relevant",
      "learn from community sources",
      "respect sovereignty and rights"
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      "Legal meaning in some states",
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      "ILO Convention 169",
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      "Exoticising or stereotyping",
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        "Cultural knowledge can be exploited without benefit to the community."
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        "Tribal members and communities",
        "Their descendants"
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        "rationale": "Self-designation first.",
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                    "text": "How can they be contacted officially?",
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                "id": "sovereignty-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "What self-government rights does it hold?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Under which treaty or law?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "What does the community share publicly about its culture?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What is private or sacred?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
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                "id": "language-finding",
                "name": "Language",
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                    "text": "Which language does it speak?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is it endangered?",
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            ]
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                "id": "land-finding",
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                    "text": "What land rights are recognised?",
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                    "text": "Was free, prior and informed consent obtained for projects affecting it?",
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                    "text": "Who reported on it?",
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    "When should the term tribe be avoided in favour of other terms?",
    "How should recognised status be linked?",
    "How should self-designations be prioritised?"
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