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Morton Ninomiya2 and Michelle Firestone3  \n1 Anti-Indigenous Racism Educator, Independent Consultant, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  \n2 Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada [mmortonninomiya@wlu.ca](mmortonninomiya@wlu.ca)  \n3 MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  \nAnti-Indigenous racism education is often framed as a way to improve non-discriminatory care for Indigenous peoples. This study asked: What happens when anti-Indigenous racism is taken up by educators? What makes it challenging to manage in an adult classroom? What strategies are (un)successful? Ten adult educators participated—Indigenous (n = 4), White (n = 3) and nonIndigenous People of Colour (n = 3)—in either an interview or focus group. A phenomenological approach guided interpretation of participant narratives. Findings revealed persistent antiIndigenous racist violence in adult educational settings. Successfully challenging anti-Indigenous racism required deep educator knowledge, self-awareness, cultural humility and strong facilitation skills. The traumatic toll on Indigenous educators and differing responses to resistance highlighted how racism is experienced and addressed differently by Indigenous, non-Indigenous People of Colour and White educators. This study provides empirical evidence for the need for pedagogical strategies that improve cultural safety, support educators and meaningfully confront anti-Indigenous racism in adult education classrooms.  \nKeywords: racism, Indigenous, colonisation, education, anti-racism, anti-Indigenous racism  \nThe following prologue describes a hypothetical scenario in which two experienced adult educators, one White and one Indigenous, decide to collaborate and strategise about managing resistance to learning by White learners. While this scenario was not a part of the original research, it effectively sets the context for understanding the way in which anti-Indigenous attitudes surface within educational spaces.  \nPrologue  \nThe educational series is co-facilitated by two female untenured professors: Grace is White, interested in Indigenous issues and considers herself an ally to Indigenous people; Winona is Indigenous, an experienced educator and is hoping to publish the insights about facilitating this learning series for university staff. The two women have not co-facilitated together before but have spent considerable time working on both the curriculum and the facilitation model they plan to use. Some of the assumptions they believe will impact the dynamics of the learnings sessions are:  \n• insufficient communication with staff about the learning sessions  \n• resentment from staff about being required to attend  \n• pre-existing dynamics related to colonial history and impacts, including deeply entrenched attitudes related to racist stereotyping  \n• lack of familiarity with language and conceptual frameworks to dialogue in a safe way about issues related to Indigenous people  \n• racial composition of the university staff as adult learners (predominantly homogeneous and overwhelmingly White)  \n• underrepresentation of Indigenous instructors and students at the university (despite close proximity to two reserves and a large urban community)  \n• neutral receptivity of staff for a recent equity initiative  \n• instructor requests for support from student services for assistance in addressing increasing racist attitudes in their classes regarding Indigenous issues.  \nGrace and Winona decide to use their different racial standpoints strategically. Grace was tasked with addressing resistance, with particular focus on the resistance of White people. Winona was responsible for opening up the session, acknowledging the territory and conducting the introductions. 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