Law survives through continued relationship to land.
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Law and Relationship to Land
Law survives through continued relationship to land.
Tsm’syen law is sustained through active, ongoing relationship with laxyuup. Law does not exist apart from land, use, and responsibility.
Relationship to land includes:
- living with and caring for laxyuup,
- exercising responsibility through lawful use,
- maintaining memory through adaawx,
- teaching and witnessing conduct over time.
Disconnection from land weakens law. When relationships to laxyuup are broken or neglected, legal understanding and authority diminish.
Law endures where relationship endures. Continued engagement with land sustains continuity, responsibility, and balance.