House Adaawk

House Adaawk

Category: Tsm’syen Law Page status: Working

Purpose

This page describes house adaawk as the legal memory held within a wilp or waap. It records how house-level histories, events, and precedents guide authority, responsibility, and conduct under Tsm’syen law.

This page does not treat house adaawk as folklore or private narrative.

General principles

• House adaawk carry law through memory.
• Adaawk establish rights, obligations, and standing.
• Authority is grounded in accuracy and witness.
• Adaawk guide conduct within and beyond the house.
• House adaawk operate within broader clan and Nation law.

ADAAWK

House legal memory

• House adaawk record the history of a wilp or waap.
• Adaawk include origins, names, crests, lands, and events.
• These records guide lawful authority and responsibility.
• Memory retains legal force through continuity.

HOUSE SCOPE

Internal authority

• House adaawk govern internal matters of the wilp or waap.
• Adaawk clarify membership, roles, and obligations.
• Internal disputes are interpreted through house adaawk.
• House scope does not exceed lawful boundaries.

AUTHORITY

Standing and legitimacy

• Adaawk establish standing of a house and its leaders.
• Sim’oogit authority is tied to adaawk and conduct.
• Misrepresentation of adaawk undermines legitimacy.
• Authority depends on correct recall and witness.

RELATIONSHIP

With other houses

• House adaawk clarify relationships with other houses.
• Adaawk record alliances, disputes, and compensation.
• These records guide inter-house conduct.
• Adaawk support lawful engagement beyond the house.

USE

Application in law

• House adaawk inform decisions and responses.
• Adaawk provide precedent for restoration and responsibility.
• Use of adaawk requires context and restraint.
• Selective or strategic use distorts law.

RECORDING

Preservation

• House adaawk are primarily held through oral transmission.
• Recording may support continuity but does not replace living memory.
• Context and lineage must accompany any record.
• Absence from record does not negate adaawk.

LIMITS

Boundaries

• House adaawk do not override clan or Nation law.
• Adaawk are not altered for convenience.
• External reinterpretation lacks authority.
• Lawful limits preserve integrity.

CONTINUITY

Transmission

• House adaawk are taught within the wilp or waap.
• Teaching occurs through participation and witness.
• Continuity depends on correct telling.
• Adaawk endure through care and use.

To be developed

• Documented examples of house adaawk
• Witnessing and validation practices
• Relationship to clan and tribal adaawk
• Recording and access standards
• Source citations

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