T139 — Demonstrate an understanding of skills and abilities necessary for success in a job

T139 — Demonstrate an understanding of skills and abilities necessary for success in a job

Explore T139 · Lakota Economics - Stephanie Charging Eagle - OSEU #3 · OSEU 3

Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): The speaker connects work, skills, and education with self-sufficiency that benefits others, and explains continuity of philosophy across change. That supports OSEU 3’s broader cultural-continuity statement; no specific OSEU 3 standard is claimed. Job shadowing is an exploratory application, not a topic she explicitly teaches.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The revised standard retains the meaning supported by the cited interview passage. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

And economics, you know…when people talk about…some of them get a little carried away…and they say, “Well, we can’t be Lakotas because we don’t live in tipis or have buffaloes anymore.” And I’m like, “That’s not the concept.” The concept is that, economically, we had the buffalo. And that buffalo…we honored the spirit of the buffalo. We took care of it. We only took what we needed, just like the land. But now, we don’t have the buffalo, but we still have economics. So today, the buffalo no longer exists as our economy…or the main state of our economy. So what is? For many of us, it’s working. To be able to work, you have to acquire skills, education…whatever it takes for that. And so, now the concept of economics…self-sufficiency of every individual so they can help their family…their tiospaye…is still brought forward. The concept is still very much there. We are self-sufficient. But we make ourselves self-sufficient so that we can still help each other. And that is the concept of how you bring forward the concepts, the philosophy, to an ever-changing, dynamic society.

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05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0194; video H0Ijmb71ieY; passage containing: To be able to work, you have to acquire skills, education. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.