Ayaawx and adaawx must be taught deliberately

Deliberate Teaching of Ayaawx and Adaawx

Category: Tsm’syen Law Page status: Working

Purpose

This page records the principle that ayaawx and adaawx must be taught deliberately in order to preserve legal continuity, meaning, and responsibility within the Nation.

This page is declarative and does not assign authority, offices, or roles.

Principle

Ayaawx and adaawx must be taught deliberately.

Meaning

• Law does not transmit automatically.
• Stories and laws lose meaning without intentional teaching.
• Deliberate teaching protects accuracy and accountability.

Teaching

• Teaching includes explanation, correction, and example.
• Teaching occurs through story, participation, ceremony, and lived conduct.
• Teaching requires time, care, and relational context.

Responsibility for Teaching

• Elders, Sim’oogit, and house members share responsibility for teaching.
• Teaching is a collective duty, not an individual claim.
• Withholding teaching endangers continuity.

Risks of Non-Deliberate Teaching

• Assumption replaces understanding.
• Law becomes symbolic rather than operative.
• Names and authority may be misused or detached from responsibility.

Limits

• Teaching does not create new law.
• Teaching does not replace accountability.
• Written records alone do not fulfill teaching obligations.

Cross References

• Transmission of Law
• Continuity and Transmission
• The Future Line
• Youth and the Future Line
• Elders as Legal Memory
• Collective Duty to Protect the Future Line
• Ayaawx
• Adaawx

To Be Developed

• House-based teaching practices
• Examples of deliberate teaching
• Contemporary teaching challenges
• Source citations