Elders, Sim’oogit, and house members share responsibility for teaching

Shared Responsibility for Teaching

Category: Tsm’syen Law Page status: Working

Purpose

This page records the shared responsibility for teaching within Tsm’syen law. It affirms that teaching is carried collectively by elders, Sim’oogit, and house members.

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

Principle

Elders, Sim’oogit, and house members share responsibility for teaching.

Meaning

• Teaching is not the duty of a single role or title.
• Legal continuity depends on shared participation in instruction and guidance.
• Responsibility for teaching follows relationship, not position alone.

Elders

• Elders carry legal memory and lived experience.
• Elders guide teaching through story, example, and correction.
• Elder authority in teaching arises from trust and conduct.

Sim’oogit

• Sim’oogit model lawful conduct and responsibility.
• Teaching occurs through leadership, decision-making, and accountability.
• Authority includes a duty to prepare others.

House Members

• House members participate in daily teaching and reinforcement of law.
• Teaching occurs through work, ceremony, and shared responsibility.
• House-based teaching grounds law in lived practice.

Collective Function

• Teaching is strengthened when responsibility is shared.
• No single group can sustain continuity alone.
• Shared teaching prevents loss, distortion, or concentration of authority.

Limits

• Shared responsibility does not erase distinct roles.
• Teaching does not create unilateral authority.
• Failure to teach weakens collective governance.

Cross References

• Deliberate Teaching of Ayaawx and Adaawx
• Forms of Teaching
• Transmission of Law
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