* Practical skills: Hunting, tracking, horsemanship, warfare tactics, and the skills necessary for survival on the Plains.
* Oral traditions: Learning Lakota history, spiritual beliefs, and social customs through storytelling, ceremonies, and elders' teachings.
* Spiritual development: Undergoing vision quests and participating in ceremonies to develop his spiritual connection and understanding of the Lakota worldview.
Essentially, his education was a holistic, experiential learning process deeply embedded within the Lakota culture, rather than a formal schooling system.