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  Protecting Our Common Heritage: Whose Responsibility? "When the collective integrity of a community is being threatened, it is not in the place of the youths to rise in defense. The elders, who are the custodians and protectors of our common heritage, ought to rise to protect their children and generations yet unborn. When a child takes up the responsibility of defending his heritage, it says a great deal about the kind of elders that exist in that generation." For more than two decades, Plateau State has endured recurring cycles of insecurity, dating back to 2001. Beyond the tragic loss of lives and livelihoods, another battle has quietly unfolded—the battle for the dignity, identity, and heritage of the indigenous peoples of Plateau. Increasingly, individuals who found hospitality and opportunities on the Plateau have appeared on national television, radio stations, and other media platforms making sweeping, disrespectful, and, at times, criminally implicating statemen...