"Lakota Culture, World Economy"

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This paper examines how the cultural practices of the Native American Lakota tribe interact with the capitalist system. The paper discusses Kathleen Pickering's claim, in her work "Lakota Culture, World Economy", that the Lakota people's values of generosity and strong sense of family enable the Lakota people to resist the world economy. The paper also discusses the supplemental economic activities that the Lakotas pursue and engage, as they are described in the book.

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"Pickering cogently argues that Lakota cultural values, such as family and generosity, shape the way people interact with, and are able to resist the world economy. The importance of both the family and the practice of generosity in Lakota culture lead "people to fill the short-term needs of the entire extended family rather than to accumulate long-term assets for themselves or their nuclear family." (7) Having a familial safety net provides those individuals who are unable to find work with an economic structure to fall back on. Pickering also suggests that this familial structure allows and encourages Lakotas to resist the capitalist system by making it easier either to quit jobs that turn out to be exploitative, or not accept work that would require them to compromise Lakota values."

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