The adaawak also record the location of each wilp's property. They tell the members of a wilp about their fishing grounds, and their nettle and forest resources. They tell about the rights that each family has.

The ayukws remind Nisga'a of their adaawak. The ayukws prove thatt the adaawak of each family are true. The ayukws show the Nisga'a what they should be proud of and what they can expect from other huwilp. The ayukws inform Nisga'a about all these thinkgs all at once.

Because the ayukws remind Nisga'a about so much they help explain the place that each Nisga'a has in:

• his or her family
• nisga'a society
• The physical world of trees, water and mountains;
• the supernatural world of the spirits

Because the ayukws are so important they play an important role in the identity of each Nisga'a.

 Spirit Guide

A spirit guide is a supernatural being who appears to a person

and gives him or her help of some kind.