First Nations invest in and create innovative institutions and models that strengthen asset control and support economic development for American Indian people and their communities.
[2] "We believe that Native peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable, economic, spiritual and cultural well-being of their communities.
First Nations Development Institute's methods seek answers from within Native American communities as opposed to imposing solutions from the outside.
First Nations Development Institute's projects "build on a tribe's unique culture and resources at hand to work toward a more stable economic future."
Interviewed for the Fredericksburg, Virginia, Free-Lance Star in 1995, Adamson said: "I want to show the brilliance, the creativity, the efficacy of Indian people.
[7] In 1994 to 1995 First Nations Development Institute continued to expand is work in reservation economies through the Eagle Staff Fund.
[11] In 2002, Rebecca Adamson wrote an opinion piece criticizing the use of Native American mascots by professional, university, and lower school sports teams.