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      "understand historical church councils with sources"
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      "Outdated membership lists",
      "Partisan framing"
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                    "text": "Can the public attend?",
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                "id": "contact-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "How can residents contact their council member?",
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                  {
                    "text": "How can a complaint be escalated?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "indigenous",
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          {
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              {
                "id": "tribal-finding",
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                    "text": "How does this tribal council describe its role and authority?",
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                    "text": "Which laws recognise it?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
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                "id": "respect-finding",
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                    "text": "Which protocols should outsiders follow when engaging?",
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                    "text": "Who is the right contact?",
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                "id": "church-finding",
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                    "text": "What did this church council decide, according to the churches and historians?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which churches recognise it?",
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                "id": "state-finding",
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                    "text": "What role does a council of state play in this country?",
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                    "text": "How are members appointed?",
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    "Should council types be separate entries?",
    "How should local council registers be linked?",
    "How should church councils be split off?"
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