Hopes for*
ḵ'oomtk Hopes for the Future
This work is carried forward with hope, not expectation. The following hopes are offered to future readers and caretakers as **intentions**, not requirements.
They do not bind, instruct, or limit future Ts’msyen generations. They simply name what this work wished to protect.
Hope for Continuity Without Rigidity
It is hoped that Ts’msyen law continues:
- living rather than fixed
- grounded rather than abstract
- adaptive without being diluted
May law remain strong because it is practiced, not because it is written.
Hope for Elders to Remain Central
It is hoped that:
- Elders remain the heart of interpretation
- their voices are protected from being frozen
- their guidance continues to shape renewal
- they are approached with patience and respect
May living authority always outweigh recorded words.
Hope for Houses and Clans to Remain Whole
It is hoped that:
- wilp authority is never bypassed
- clan balance continues to connect communities
- house-held knowledge remains protected
- unity is preserved without centralization
May responsibility remain rooted in place and relationship.
Hope for Youth
It is hoped that youth:
- learn law through example and care
- inherit responsibility before authority
- feel invited, not burdened
- are trusted to renew law in their own time
May they inherit freedom, not instruction.
Hope for Protection Against Misuse
It is hoped that this work:
- is never treated as final
- is never used to assert power
- is never cited to override Elders or houses
- is never stripped of context
- is never used to fragment Ts’msyen law
May restraint always accompany knowledge.
Hope for Careful Engagement with the Outside
It is hoped that engagement beyond Ts’msyen communities:
- remains careful and deliberate
- uses external tools as shields, not ceilings
- never surrenders interpretive authority
- protects future generations from inherited compromise
May coexistence never become submission.
Hope for Humility in Those Who Record
It is hoped that those who continue recording:
- remain humble
- welcome correction
- step back when required
- protect trust above completeness
- remember they serve, not lead
May recorders remain nearly invisible.
Hope for Balance and Restoration
It is hoped that Ts’msyen law continues to:
- seek restoration over exclusion
- respond to harm with responsibility
- protect land, waters, and beings
- keep balance as its guiding aim
May healing remain central to law.
Hope for Future Renewal
It is hoped that future generations:
- revise what no longer serves
- protect what still matters
- speak where this work is silent
- let go where needed
This work was never meant to be permanent.
Closing Hope
Above all, it is hoped that Ts’msyen law continues to be:
- lived with care
- spoken with honesty
- guarded with restraint
- renewed with wisdom
May those who come after us feel no obligation to preserve these words — only the freedom to carry the law forward in their own way.