Ni Toyi Knowledge and Learning Centre: The Ten Grandmothers

Josephine Crow Shoe

The woman should have a home that keeps the family close and together.
A woman should live a good life. She should not drink or steal.
A good woman does not argue, fight or yell.
A good woman is peaceful.
A good woman always shares what she has with others who need it.
A good woman always wears a dress.
A good woman always listens to her children.
A good woman will tell her children how to go up and get their faces painted.
A good woman always uses positive support to help the family.
A good woman takes her responsibilities very seriously.
A good woman raises her children to take care of each other and to respect one another.
Children should always respect their parents and respect the places in the home that are normally the parents', such as special places where they sit.
Children should be taught to be quiet and to respect holy things.
A good woman teaches her children to sit quietly around holy things and how to behave in a tipi with holy things.
Good children learn to take care of their parents when they get old.
In a good home, everyone helps to take care of the house. Everyone has responsibilities.
A good woman teaches her children how to keep clean and stay respectable in the community.