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that it has is good, but whats the garuantee it will be around in another 1000? and why not now, everywhere. so it doesnt get lost, so it can be improved, so we can learn more.
they dont need a reward. some of those tribes are disgusted at you if they give you a gift as a reciprocation for a gift they give you. they understand this to be your way of saying "i don't want to join you, so here is a gift to cancel out your gesture". when they give you a gift in the first place that is there way of saying, here, come join us, you are one of us now. they are inducting you into access of the communal property. they do this and often times the westerners will feel a bit guilty about getting a free weaved basket from these people who obviously spent a long time making it, so they will try to give them something in return.
of course they should be helped out, but not necessarily "rewarded", its not like its more important to do that than get the information they have available for more and more people. a "reward" could help to get new info out of them, but you have to be careful apply our cultural standards to them.
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