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How to protect sacred sites when you're the sole keeper of their significance

The land developers want to build over the sacred grove where my people have held ceremonies for centuries, and I'm the only one left who knows why that place is holy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Being the final repository of sacred knowledge about holy places creates overwhelming responsibility for their preservation against ignorant destruction.

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