Ni Toyi Knowledge and Learning Centre
Josephine Crow Shoe
Josephine's Old Story
Josephine's Message
- 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.
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