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Research
Asset-based development decisions require timely, accurate information. Out of concern that existing research did not meet the needs of Native American communities, FNDI created the Native Assets Research Center (NARC) in 1998. NARC is a research and policy center dedicated to promoting Indigenous knowledge and assisting tribal communities to build sound, sustainable reservation economies. The ultimate benefit, and the fundamental goal of NARC's work, is to help Native tribes and peoples to gain control of their assets.
NARC works closely with First Nations' grantmaking department to collect research data from our grantee field sites to identify key policy issues, lessons learned, and promising practices. It is this connection with field practice sites that assures NARC's approach to research is grounded in the experiences of community members and community projects.
Conducting independent research projects on asset development, analyzing culturally appropriate practices, policies and theories affecting self-sufficiency for Indigenous peoples, building national policy initiatives, and serving as an information clearinghouse, NARC strives to:
• Increase the quality of research about and for Native Americans by incorporating Native culture.
• Identify and advocate policy changes that further the field of Indigenous economics.
• Collaborate with Native and non-Native partners to review and identify gaps in knowledge and research needs.
• Ensure Native ownership of and access to data and participation in the research process.
Current Research and Policy Initiatives
Banking and Financial Services
Individual Development Accounts
Native Agriculture & Food Systems
Strengthening Native American Philanthropy
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"Access to and control of knowledge underlies the ability to control all other assets: business and financial capital, land, health, culture, and natural resources. Knowledge is the most crucial of all human assets, without which little can be done to control the physical assets and systems upon which we depend, and set a course for the future."
– Rebecca Adamson (Cherokee), Founder of First Nations Development Institute
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We believe, that when armed with appropriate resources, Native peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable economic, spiritual, and cultural well being of their communities.
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