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'''Rebecca Adamson''' (born 1950)<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography Center|url=http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/biographycenter.php|publisher=National Women's History Project|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref> is an [[United States|American |
'''Rebecca Adamson''' (born 1950)<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography Center|url=http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/biographycenter.php|publisher=National Women's History Project|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[businessperson]] and [[advocate]] of Cherokee descent. She is former director, former president, and founder of [[First Nations Development Institute]] and the founder of [[First Peoples Worldwide]].<ref name=Dartmouth>{{cite news|title=Dartmouth Honorary Degrees 2004:Rebecca L. Adamson|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/05/04a.html|publisher=Dartmouth News|accessdate=2009-09-27}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Born in Akron, Ohio, to a Swedish American |
Born in Akron, Ohio, to a father of Swedish American descent and a mother of Cherokee descent, Adamson grew up in [[Akron, Ohio]], and spent summers with her grandmother and other relatives in [[Lumberton, North Carolina]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Rebecca Adamson |url=http://www.heroism.org/class/1980/adamson.htm |website=Heroism |accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref> where she learned about the history and culture of their family.<ref name="Native Americans Today">{{cite book|last=Johansen|first=Bruce E.|title=Native Americans today : a biographical dictionary|year=2010|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=978-0-313-35554-7|pages=4–7}}</ref> She holds a master of science in economic development from the [[Southern New Hampshire University]] in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]], where she teaches a graduate course on indigenous economics.<ref name=Dartmouth /> |
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Revision as of 16:45, 27 December 2018
Rebecca Adamson | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Southern New Hampshire University |
| Occupation(s) | Businesswoman, advocate |
| Known for | Founding First Peoples Worldwide |
Rebecca Adamson (born 1950)[1] is an American businessperson and advocate of Cherokee descent. She is former director, former president, and founder of First Nations Development Institute and the founder of First Peoples Worldwide.[2]
Life
Born in Akron, Ohio, to a father of Swedish American descent and a mother of Cherokee descent, Adamson grew up in Akron, Ohio, and spent summers with her grandmother and other relatives in Lumberton, North Carolina,[3] where she learned about the history and culture of their family.[4] She holds a master of science in economic development from the Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she teaches a graduate course on indigenous economics.[2]
Career
Adamson left college in 1970 to work on western reservations to help end the practice of removing Native American children from their homes and placing them in government or missionary-ran boarding schools in the hope of destroying their connections to their native languages and cultures.[5]
From 1972-1976, she was a member of the board of directors of Denver, Colorado's Coalition of Indian-Controlled School Boards, where she worked toward synthesizing and facilitating policy reform at the national level.[6] Her work contributed to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975.[5]
In 1982, she became founder and president of First Nations Development Institute in Falmouth, Virginia to promote economic development by founding commercial enterprises on reservations. In 1986, she served as an adviser on rural development for the United Nations (UN) during their Decade of Women. She became the adviser for the UN's International Labor Organization International Indigenous Rights from 1988-1989. She has also served on the board of directors for the National Center for Enterprise Development and the Council on Foundations.[6]
In 1992, she became an adviser for the Catholic Conference's Campaign for Human Development. She has also served on the President's Council on Sustainable Development/Sustainable Communities Task Force.[6]
Her work led to the first microloan fund in the United States associated with a reservation, the first tribal investment model. This was a national movement for reservation land reform, and legislation on federal trust responsibility for Native Americans.[2]
Adamson's international work created the Lumba Aboriginal Community Foundation in Australia. It enabled the Sans Tribe to secure its traditional homelands in Botswana, Namibia, and southern Africa. She launched a strategy (that includes Alcoa, Texaco, Rio Tinto, Merck, Ford, and Occidental) with investment criteria that protect the rights of indigenous peoples and has been adopted by a mutual fund, an index fund, and investment advisors.[2]
She established a scholarship program for native persons at the Yale School of Organization and Management and at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She convinced the World Bank to create the First Global Indigenous Peoples' Facility Fund to make small building grants.[2]
She was appointed by the Obama administraion to serve a three year term on the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Advisory Committee to increase the transparency in the reporting on natural resource extraction.[7]
Adamson serves on the board of directors for the Calvert Social Investment Fund and the Calvert Small Cap Fund which are known for socially-responsible investing and co-founded a fund there. She is on the board and trustee for Tom's of Maine, Inc. She is on the boards of Corporation for Enterprise Development, The Bay Foundation, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation, The Bridgespan Group, and First Voice International. She is a founding member of Native Americans in Philanthropy, Funders Who Fund Native Americans, and International Funders for Indigenous Peoples.[2]
Awards
In 1996, she was awarded the Robert W. Scrivner Award from the Council on Foundations for grant-making and the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development's Jay Silverheels Award. Ms. magazine named her one of their seven "Women of the Year" in 1997. In 1998, Who Cares magazine named her one of the top 10 Social Entrepreneurs of the Year.[6] In 2001 she was received the John W. Gardener Leadership Award.[5] In 2004, she was Scwab's Outstanding Social Entrepreneur.[7]
In 2012, she was featured as one of the most influential women in America on PBS' MAKERS: Women Who Make America program.[8]
She writes a monthly column for Indian Country Today newspaper.[2] When asked about her accomplishments in 2015, she said, "I come from a matrilineal society and having women be a source of power was there in my DNA."[7]
Publications
- "Adapting the Evaluation Process to the Organizational Culture," a chapter in Evaluation with Power, 1997
- "The Native American Credit Market: Opportunity Knocks, but Relationships Stay," RMA's Journal of Lending & Credit Risk Management, Fall 1997
- "Can't Give It Away Fast Enough? Try This," Foundation News & Commentary, January/February 1998
- The Color of Wealth – The Story behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide, June 2006
External links
- Adamson on understanding sufficiency
- Adamson's TEDMED profile
- Biography at Learning to Give.
- Rebecca Adamson Papers
Notes
- ^ "Biography Center". National Women's History Project. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dartmouth Honorary Degrees 2004:Rebecca L. Adamson". Dartmouth News. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ "Rebecca Adamson". Heroism. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Johansen, Bruce E. (2010). Native Americans today : a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press. pp. 4–7. ISBN 978-0-313-35554-7.
- ^ a b c "Virginia Women in History 2002 Rebecca Adamson". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ a b c d Champagne, Duane (2001). The Native North American Almanac. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 1174–1175. ISBN 0787616559.
- ^ a b c "Rebecca Adamson Has a Plan for Empowering Indigenous Peoples - IndianCountryToday.com". IndianCountryToday.com. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ "Rebecca Adamson - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center". www.womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
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