Indigenous Resistance for Everyone

This 8-week online course will help participants develop their understanding of American Indian resistance to settler colonialism. A successful student possesses a fundamental understanding of Indigenous history and contemporary issues in the U.S. 

The course will incorporate reading/viewing and reflection questions as well as eight one-hour recorded zoom panels with guest speakers. Readings will be accessed via the course shell hosted on Thinkific. This course is self-paced but moderated. This means there are no set meeting times or dates, so you can access it at your convenience. An instructor does manage and moderate the course, opening a week at a time.

TOPICS

Module 1: Bison and Land

Module 2: Water Protectors

Module 3: Education as Resistance

Module 4: Wellness as Resistance

Module 5: Tribal Leadership, Treaty Rights

Module 6: Native Journalism

Module 7: Community Organizing in development!

Module 8: Language Revitalization as Resistance

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Waubgeshig Rice, Giizh Agaton Howes, Jill Falcon Ramaker, Toastie Oaster, Rebecca Nagle, Jason Baldes, and more!

Find syllabus with more information here.

DATES

August 10-October 4, 2026

COURSE PLATFORM

This course will be hosted on an online platform called Thinkific. All webinars have been recorded.

COST

Cost is what you can afford: suggested $50-$300*

*If you are Indigenous (American Indian, Alaska Native, First Nations, Native American, etc), this course is free.

Why solicit donations for this course? Chickadee believes in paying our speakers. We pay every speaker who appears in our programming, as well as all the artists who license us their artwork, like Monica Gilles-Brings Yellow above.

We also cover the course platform and zoom fees and other costs associated with maintaining mailing lists and email functionality. There's a lot to pay for! For those who can afford a donation, it is a good way to give back.

Artwork "Minnie Hollow Wood" by Monica Gilles-Brings Yellow. Minnie Hollow Wood (Lakota) fought the US 7th Cavalry alongside male warriors in the Battle of Little Bighorn. For this she earned the right to wear a warbonnet. She later married Hollow Wood (Northern Cheyenne).