Ayaawx Laws and Legal Orders Index
This is the doorway.
In our way, one does not enter a house without knowing where they are, who they are entering among, and why they have come.
The laws and legal orders found here are not inventions. They are remembered responsibilities.
They are carried through our Ayaawk (living laws, rules, and obligations) and our Adaawk (histories, origin accounts, and witnessed truths).
Together, they guide how we live with the land, with one another, and with those yet to come.
Entering This House
In our houses, there is often a pole at the doorway and a small opening to pass through.
This reminds us to enter with humility, to lower ourselves, and to listen before we speak.
This section is written in that spirit.
Foundations
- Our laws, responsibilities, and rules of conduct — living and adaptive.
- Our histories and origin accounts that give law its meaning and authority.
- Law as a relationship, not ownership.
- How authority arises from care, not control.
How Law Lives
- Law is practiced, not enforced.
- How truth is held, remembered, and renewed.
- Addressing harm without erasure.
- Law carried by the people, not imposed on them.
Houses, Clans, and Governance
- The house as a legal body.
- Shared duties across lineage.
- Names as living legal identities.
- Guidance, restraint, and continuity.
Law in Motion
- Renewal without loss of identity.
- Holding firm without becoming colonial.
- Knowing where responsibility begins and ends.
For Those Who Are Visiting
These laws are not symbolic. They are not metaphor. They are not folklore.
They are living legal orders.
Visitors are welcome to learn, but not to redefine.
This section is a living work. It grows through care, discussion, and remembrance.