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…
Why we are Welcoming the Decade of Indigenous Languages (and you should too!) Many people may not know that besides our incredibly rich ecological and cultural diversity, British Columbia is also one of the most diverse language regions of the world. B.C. is home to an astounding 35 First Nations languages – more than half…
Ditidaht Kids video game takes players on cultural journey as a new tool for language revitalization. Indigenous technologies grow from all aspects of life and rely on skill, creative thinking and a deep understanding of our environment. FPCC is celebrating the launch of Ditidaht Kids, a video game released by the Ditidaht First Nation that takes players on a cultural journey through ditidaqiic̓aq disib̓aʔk (Ditidaht territory) while…
FPCC has started a First Nations language translation registry in B.C for translation services. We invite all language speakers who are interested in sharing their language to join our First Nations Language Translation Registry. The First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) is committed to the revitalization of First Nations languages in B.C. and with your participation,…
FPCC’s Language Program has received an additional investment of $6.86 million in new language funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH) for the 2021/22 fiscal year. The $6.86 million in new language funding from PCH brings the total to $14.6 million received from the federal government for language projects this year. With this additional investment, we have been able to increase funding through existing grant programs and approve funding for language projects that, to date, had received partial or no funding. Supported by the Indigenous Language Act, the…
Congratulations to the third-year graduates of the Mentor-Apprentice Program! We would like to honour and acknowledge the 2021 third-year graduates of the Mentor-Apprentice Program. Twenty-one Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) pairs each completed the three-year full program, making this the largest group of MAP graduates ever! We raise our hands to each of you for your hard…
The Ts’msyen Sm’algya̱x Language Authority launched the new Sm’algya̱x FirstVoices site and mobile app, a collaborative project between Knowledge Holders, educators, linguists and FirstVoices developers, resulting in a large collection of data to support language revitalization for those learning Sm’algya̱x. Ts’msyen Knowledge Holders and those who supported them have ensured that decades of work recording and documenting the…
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