The protective action was successful.

Respecting the decision of his family and community means accepting that the location should not be publicly known.

From this perspective, continued searching — especially by outsiders — disrespects the decision his family made and treats the mystery as a puzzle to be solved rather than a protection to be honored.

The counterargument is that knowing the location would enable the protection of the site from inadvertent disturbance, development, or other threats.

A burial site that nobody knows about cannot be proactively protected.