Longmont,
Colorado-First Nations Development Institute Announces the Publication
and Release of “Integrated Asset Building Strategies for
Reservation-Based Communities”
Released
on: October 24, 2007, 3:42 pm
Press
Release Author: First Nations
Development Institute
Industry:
Non-Profit,
Management
Press
Release Summary: Today, First Nations Development Institute (First
Nations) announced the publication and release of "Integrated
Asset Building Strategies for Reservation-Based Communities: A 27-Year
Retrospective of First Nations Development Institute.” This
unprecedented report is the culmination of more than a quarter century
of work by First Nations and highlights the economic, social and
cultural resilience and ingenuity of Native peoples across the United
States.
Press
Release Body: Today, First Nations Development Institute
(First Nations) announced the publication and release of
"Integrated Asset Building Strategies for Reservation-Based
Communities: A 27-Year Retrospective of First Nations Development
Institute.” This unprecedented report is the culmination
of more than a quarter century of work by First Nations
and highlights the economic, social and cultural resilience and
ingenuity of Native peoples across the United States.
Funded
by a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, the
report includes original research on several key asset-building
strategies in Native communities: financial education, individual
development accounts, community development financial institutions,
entrepreneurship development, building Native controlled philanthropic
foundations and funds, and utilizing the earned income tax credit.
Drawing upon a unique mix of practitioner and academic research,
the report presents new data and analysis of asset building in Native
communities.
According
to Michael E. Roberts, President of First
Nations, “In order to accurately identify and
assess the needs and trends in Indian Country, we need to continually
review and evaluate First Nations’ major
asset building approaches and their effects in Native communities
and this report does just that.” In addition, Roberts
notes that the report is being released publicly “to allow
everyone with an interest in Indian Country the opportunity to access
the models, tools, analysis and information from First Nations’
comprehensive body of work over the last 27 years.”
Through
a three-pronged strategy of Educating Grassroots Practitioners,
Advocating Systemic Change, and Capitalizing
Indian Communities, First Nations is working
to restore Native control and culturally-compatible stewardship
of the assets they own - be they land, human potential, cultural
heritage, or natural resources - and to establish new assets for
ensuring the long-term vitality of Native communities.
To
learn more about this report, or to order copies, visit the First
Nations Development Institute Website at www.firstnations.org
or contact Sarah Dewees, Director of Research,
via email at: sdewees@firstnations.org or by phone at: 540-371-5615.
Media
Contact: Sarah EchoHawk Vermillion
Phone: 303-774-7836 e-mail: svermillion@firstnations.org
First
Nations Development Institute
703 Third Avenue, Suite B
Longmont, CO 80501
www.firstnations.org
303-774-7836
303-774-7841 (fax)
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Site: http://www.firstnations.org
Contact
Details: First Nations Development Institute
703 Third Avenue, Suite B
Longmont, CO 80501
www.firstnations.org
303-774-7836
303-774-7841 (fax)
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