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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>= Application across All Ts’msyen Territories =<br />
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Ts’msyen law applies across all Ts’msyen territories. <br />
Its authority arises from *ayaawx* and is carried through houses (*wilp*), clans (*pdeex*), communities, and collective practice.<br />
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Application across territory does not erase local responsibility; it **connects it**.<br />
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== Foundational Understanding ==<br />
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Ayaawx is shared law.<br />
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It:<br />
* applies across Ts’msyen lands and waters<br />
* binds conduct wherever Ts’msyen responsibility exists<br />
* maintains coherence between communities<br />
* protects continuity of law across generations<br />
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Shared law does not require uniform practice.<br />
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== Territory and Responsibility ==<br />
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Application of Ts’msyen law follows responsibility.<br />
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Responsibility is carried through:<br />
* wilp stewardship of specific places<br />
* clan relationships across communities<br />
* named places and adaawx<br />
* continued use and care<br />
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Where responsibility exists, law applies.<br />
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== Local Practice within Shared Law ==<br />
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While ayaawx is shared, practice may differ by place.<br />
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Local variation may reflect:<br />
* ecological conditions<br />
* specific adaawx<br />
* historical relationships<br />
* patterns of use and travel<br />
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Variation strengthens law when principles remain aligned.<br />
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== Wilp as Primary Carriers ==<br />
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Wilp apply ayaawx within their stewarded territories.<br />
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They:<br />
* regulate access and use<br />
* guide conduct of members<br />
* address harm and restoration<br />
* engage other wilp through protocol<br />
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National application depends on wilp continuity.<br />
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== Clan Connectivity Across Territory ==<br />
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Clans connect law across communities.<br />
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They:<br />
* maintain kinship obligations<br />
* support balance and neutrality<br />
* transmit law across distance<br />
* prevent fragmentation of practice<br />
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Clans are threads holding territory together.<br />
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== Shared and Overlapping Areas ==<br />
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Some territories involve shared responsibility.<br />
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In such areas:<br />
* ayaawx governs cooperation<br />
* protocol regulates access<br />
* disputes are resolved lawfully<br />
* stewardship is collective<br />
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Shared application does not weaken authority.<br />
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== Application Beyond Residence ==<br />
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Ts’msyen law applies to Ts’msyen people wherever they act in relation to Ts’msyen land, waters, or law.<br />
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Residence elsewhere:<br />
* does not sever responsibility<br />
* does not extinguish law<br />
* does not remove accountability<br />
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Relationship, not location alone, governs application.<br />
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== National Coordination ==<br />
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Where issues cross territories:<br />
* national coordination may occur<br />
* Elder guidance is sought<br />
* wilp authority is respected<br />
* consistency with ayaawx is ensured<br />
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Coordination supports law; it does not centralize power.<br />
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== Relationship to External Boundaries ==<br />
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Colonial or administrative boundaries:<br />
* do not define Ts’msyen law<br />
* do not limit its application<br />
* do not extinguish responsibility<br />
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Ts’msyen territory is understood through law, not imposed lines.<br />
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== Witness and Continuity ==<br />
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Application of law across territory is affirmed through:<br />
* feast and witness<br />
* repetition of practice<br />
* correction when imbalance occurs<br />
* shared memory across communities<br />
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Witness carries law beyond place.<br />
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== Living Application ==<br />
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Application across all Ts’msyen territories is living.<br />
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It adapts through:<br />
* practice<br />
* renewal<br />
* correction<br />
* changing conditions<br />
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Ayaawx applies everywhere responsibility endures.<br />
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== Continuity ==<br />
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Through shared application of law across territory:<br />
* unity is maintained<br />
* diversity of place is respected<br />
* authority remains grounded<br />
* future generations inherit coherence<br />
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Ts’msyen law is one law, carried many ways.</div>Amusterer