Public memory of responsibility
Public Memory of Responsibility
Under Ayaawx, responsibility is maintained through public memory.
Obligations attached to authority over land, waters, and territory must be:
- Known to the community
- Remembered beyond the individual holder
- Preserved through witnessed records
- Transmitted across generations
Public memory of responsibility ensures that:
- Authority does not disappear with a person
- Past actions remain accountable
- Obligations cannot be quietly abandoned
- Future holders understand inherited responsibilities
Public memory is maintained through:
- Adaawx and other legal records
- Witness testimony and confirmation
- Feast and other public acknowledgment processes
- Ongoing recognition by houses and clans
Where responsibility is removed from public memory, authority becomes vulnerable to misuse and erosion.