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Four free First Nations courses — from 974 students strong to freshly launched. Every flock below is a real headcount from public Udemy listings, drawn to scale.

Start where you are. Pick the course that fits where you’re headed; you won’t be flying alone.

= about 25 students · rounded to the nearest swan · new flights under 25 show one faded swan · counted 11 Aug 2026

4 free courses Beginner-friendly Self-paced No cost to enrol

Capacity Building

First Nations Mini MBA

Build your business foundations — alongside 974 others.

For First Nations founders, aspiring entrepreneurs and community leaders who want a practical introduction to business, leadership and sustainable growth.

  • You’ll walk away with
  • Indigenous entrepreneurship principles that align profit with purpose
  • Negotiation, leadership, finance and marketing fundamentals
  • A capstone leadership blueprint you can act on immediately
Capacity Building

Growth Mindset Mastery: First Nations Affirmations

Strengthen confidence and purposeful action — 450 students in.

Use First Nations affirmations and practical mindset tools to challenge limiting beliefs, strengthen confidence and keep moving toward meaningful goals.

  • You’ll walk away with
  • A growth mindset cultivated through First Nations wisdom
  • An affirmation practice you can return to daily
  • Coaching techniques for meeting challenges with resilience and optimism
Culture & Behaviour Change

First Nations Allyship at Work

Turn good intentions into accountable workplace action.

For employees, leaders and organisations ready to listen better, strengthen cultural safety and create a practical 90-day allyship action plan. Refreshed July 2026, taught with co-instructor Georgina Laidlaw — 152 students already on board.

  • You’ll walk away with
  • Listening habits that build trust before action
  • Practical cultural-safety moves for everyday team behaviour
  • A written 90-day allyship action plan

Running a team? Assess your organisation with the FN Entrepreneurship Assessment Tool →

Culture & Behaviour Change

Wikipedia Editing for Beginners: First Nations Edition

Contribute to the public record safely — and early.

Learn Wikipedia’s editing foundations — reliable sources, neutrality, copyright, notability, the Sandbox — with First Nations cultural safety built in from lesson one. Launched August 2026: 10 students in, so you’d be among the first.

  • You’ll walk away with
  • The judgement to pick reliable sources and write neutrally
  • Confidence with copyright, notability and the Sandbox
  • Cultural-safety practices for editing First Nations topics

From the flock

You might expect one big total here — but learners overlap between courses, so we never add the flocks together. What we can show is every voice: 19 ratings and exactly three written reviews, all three below, word for word.

Nothing curated away · source: public Udemy reviews

Amazing course!

Madison Daniels First Nations Mini MBA · Udemy review · May 2025
Honest feedback

first episode was cool and amazing 🥳

CalebCharts Growth Mindset Mastery · Udemy review · Oct 2024

good

Sambit Moharana First Nations Mini MBA · Udemy review · Nov 2024
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The flock grows every month.

Critical reviews welcome — they keep our counting honest.

Why so few? These are young courses and we only publish what’s real. Every number on this page lives publicly on Udemy — count the flock yourself any time.

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Every flight here is led by Dean Foley. Founder of Barayamal, Australia’s first Indigenous business accelerator (est. 2016), teaching from a decade of building the programs these courses feed into.

Master of Business (Marketing), QUT · Master of International Development, La Trobe · 4.4★ Udemy instructor rating · 19 ratings · 4 courses
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Not sure where to start?

Fly the first leg in formation — here’s the 90-minute plan we’d recommend to almost anyone.

  1. Step 01 · 26 minWarm up your mindset

    Take Growth Mindset Mastery — short, practical, and it sets the tone.

  2. Step 02 · 1 hourBuild the foundations

    Work through the First Nations Mini MBA and finish with your leadership blueprint.

  3. Step 03 · This weekTake it to a person

    Bring your blueprint to eMentoring — a real conversation beats a certificate anyway.

Before you take off

Are the courses really free?

Yes — all four are free to enrol in right now. You’ll need a free Udemy account, but no card and no trial. If a course’s price ever changes on Udemy, this page changes the same quarter.

Are the student numbers real?

Yes — every count comes straight from the public Udemy listing for each course, re-checked quarterly (last counted 11 August 2026). We list each course separately and never add the counts together, because one learner often takes two courses. Portfolio totals live on our Impact page.

Do I get a certificate?

No — Udemy doesn’t currently provide completion certificates for free-course enrolments. You leave with the work itself: a leadership blueprint, a 90-day allyship plan, or your first safe Wikipedia edits.

Where do the reviews on this page come from?

Verbatim from public Udemy reviews — names, stars and dates as published there. We show every written review that exists, including critical ones, and the empty bubbles stay clearly labelled until real students fill them. Check the source →

Which course should I pick?

Building a business — Door 1, the biggest flock. Short on time — Door 2 takes 26 minutes. Here as an ally — Door 3, then share it with your team. Want to strengthen what the world reads about First Nations people — Door 4, and be among the first ten.

How we count learning

We publish reach — learners and enrolments — and we say so plainly. We don’t claim completions or outcomes we can’t evidence, and we never add course counts together on this page. Portfolio reach lives on our Impact page: one source of truth, reviewed quarterly.

Counts, ratings and reviews from public Udemy listings · 1 swan ≈ 25 students, rounded · Reviewed 11 August 2026

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