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Ethnographers have spent decades analyzing the traditional songs of Indigenous peoples around the world. Only recently, however, have ethnographers started to recognize that many Indigenous songs encode and transmit valuable ecological knowledge—citing, for instance, songs of the Kwakwaka’wakw people in British Columbia, Canada, that share vital information about clam gardens, and those of the Karen (hta) Hin Lad Nai people in Thailand that offer detailed information about bees. It seems likely, therefore, that ethnographers may want to       

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A

reexamine some of their earlier analyses of Indigenous peoples’ songs in light of this new perspective.

B

place greater emphasis on the use of Indigenous songs by individuals than on the songs’ roles in society.

C

reconsider their view that the transmission of ecological knowledge is an important function of some Indigenous songs.

D

explore the possibility that the Kwakwaka’wakw people were influenced by the songs of the Karen (hta) Hin Lad Nai.