Authentic learning experiences, including curriculum, are essential for healthy development. For South Dakota students, these experiences include opportunities to foster their connections with local communities, cultures, nature, and lands. This infographic provides teachers with guidance on how to build their understandings and skills, and with resources necessary to use the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards (OSEUS) to teach content in their classrooms. [This infographic was developed with the South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations, Office of Indian Education.]