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In most tribal traditions, no data is discarded as unimportant or irrelevant.
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The statement says that, in most tribal traditions, every piece of information is treated as potentially meaningful. Nothing is dismissed simply because it seems minor or unrelated. It presents careful attention to all available knowledge as an important part of how these traditions understand and preserve what they know.
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- Fourth World Journal, “Long Term Strategies for Institutional Change in Universities and Colleges”
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