Background and Learning Objectives


The Indigenous Public Health Leadership Learning Pathway is curated to introduce–or reinforce–the essential principles that serve as the pillars of the work we do in public health with Indigenous Peoples. This learning pathway is designed for upcoming Indigenous Public Health Leaders and professionals and non-Indigenous Allies.


By the end of the Indigenous Public Health Leadership Learning Pathway, you should be able to:

  • Apply skills and knowledge in a broad array of topics integrating core public health competencies through an Indigenous lens.

  • Explore professional goals and ambitions as a public health practitioner working with Indigenous public health.

  • Expand professional network and resources

We have carefully curated the content in this pathway to share the most essential, and engaging content as it relates to Indigenous public health topics. Indigenous Public Health Leadership Learning Pathway has been designed by professionals working with Indigenous peoples, following quality training standards, and public health competencies, and includes content from some of the nation’s premier Indigenous public health organizations and institutions of higher learning, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Network of Public Health Institutes, Seven Directions at the University of Washington, and American Indian Public Health Resource Center at North Dakota State University. 

Course curriculum

    1. Indigenous Public Health Leaders Introductory Video

    2. Indigenous Public Health Leaders Learning Pathway

    3. Welcome and Overview

    4. Meet the IPHL Team!

    5. How to receive CPH credits after completing this course

    6. CDC Tribal Affairs Website

    7. IPHL 2022 Cohort Program

    1. Introduction to Social Justice & Cultural Humility

    2. Working with Tribal Communities

    3. Cultural Humility

    4. Social Justice and Cultural Humility

    5. Serving Diverse Communities: Building Cultural Competence and Humility into the Workplace

    6. Resource: SAMHSA's American Indian and Alaska Native Culture Card

    1. Introduction to Tribal Public Health

    2. Tribal Public Health 101

    3. Journey to Health

    4. Registration for full Public Health 101 Training by Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

    5. NIHB's Public Health Training

    6. Website: CDC's Tribal Public Health

    1. Behavioral & Mental Health Intro

    2. Behavioral & Mental Health & Resilience

    3. Mental Health and Resilience

    4. Mental Health and Resilience

    5. Ready for Resilience: Stress and Resiliency

    6. Resource: We R Native

    7. Video: Resilience Through Indigenous Humour by Stephanie Pangowish

    8. Resource: Psychological First Aid for COVID19 Frontline Workers in AI/AN Communities

    9. Resource: Illuminative Indigenous Photography

    1. Introduction to Grant Writing

    2. Grant Writing

    3. Grant Writing 101 Video

    4. Grant Writing 101

    5. Grant Writing Basics

    6. Resource: CDC's Tribal Health Grants, Budgets, and Funding

    7. Report: Proposal Development for American Indian Communities

    1. Introduction to Digital Storytelling

    2. Introduction to Digital Storytelling

    3. Digital Storytelling Video

    4. Digital Storytelling

    5. Storytelling for Public Health

    6. Resource: Creating Space for an Indigenous Approach to Digital Storytelling

About this course

  • Free
  • Created March 2024
  • Self Paced
  • 15 CPH credits

Funding Statement

The Indigenous Public Health Leadership Learning Pathway is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the US Department of Health and Human Services, as part of a financial assistance award totaling 1.4 million dollars over two years with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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