Reports reveal the history of repatriation in B.C. and the path to bring thousands of Ancestors and Belongings home Two groundbreaking reports, commissioned by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC), provide First Nations–led research and analysis of the history and scope of work required to bolster B.C. First Nations repatriation efforts. Estimates from community-based repatriation budgets…
Growing a life in music: FPCC Music Program supports professional music production of the new Ellescriv album and launch. Lorissa Scriven performing as Ellescriv, is an alt-folk songwriter from Saulteau First Nation who grew up in the pines of northwest B.C. She received funding through the First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s (FPCC) Music Program to create,…
FPCC’s 2021 Arts Infrastructure Program recipient, Marie Clements, was assisted in mentoring an emerging filmmaker in B.C. Bones of Crows, the Indigenous-made Canadian feature film which has been making waves throughout its media tour, successfully premiered in June thanks in part to an arts grant through FPCC’s Arts Infrastructure Program. Marie Clements has long been…
Marlene King, a recipient of FPCC’s Arts Strengthening grant, shares the powerful moments of reconnecting weavers with community artwork and visiting museums’ back rooms. Thanks to FPCC’s Arts grant, Marlene King (Nuxalk) was able to create opportunities for weaving mentors to travel to the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology and the Museum of…
FPCC’s arts grant supports weaver Tina Robinson who is expanding her weaving skills by working side by side in their weaving culture with mentor Pearl Innis. Tina Robinson (Blackfish clan, Ginaaxangiik tribe, Lax Kw’alaams), who is Ts’msyen and currently lives on Kxeen Island (also known as Prince Rupert), first started weaving in 2016 and has been…
A music grant from FPCC supported Saltwater Hank’s road to releasing his new music in Sm’algya̱x. For as long as he remembers, Ts’msyen storyteller and songwriter Jeremy Pahl (stage name Saltwater Hank) has been writing poetry and prose. He carries the name Wil Uks Batsga G̱a̱laaw (where the cedar tree stands out on the point,…
On November 29, BC Ferries and the First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) unveiled the Salish Heron artwork at an event held in Victoria, B.C. Coast Salish artist Maynard Johnny Jr.’s design will adorn the exterior of the new Salish Class vessel, with cultural information to be displayed in the vessel’s interior. The Salish Heron artwork…
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