First Peoples' Cultural Council

What is B.C. First Nations Cultural Heritage? 🌿 For B.C. First Nations, cultural heritage is living, evolving and holistic. It connects everything — our territories, languages, creative expressions and traditional knowledges. Engaging with and practicing our heritage supports mental and physical health, creates economic opportunities and strengthens cultural connections. 👉🏾 Download FPCC’s Cultural Heritage Fact Sheet to learn more (link in bio). FPCC’s Cultural Practices Grant is open! This grant supports the planning, carrying out and documenting of community‑based cultural practices and events. 💸 Up to $25,000 in funding is available. Link in bio. #BCFirstNations #CulturalHeritage

Sunday, May 10th is Mother’s Day! 🌷 We honour all of the matriarchs and women in our lives who lead with love.❤️ Your guidance, wisdom and strength shape our community in powerful ways. 🙏🏽 📲 Discover how to say ‘mom’ or ‘I love you’ in your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com (link in bio) Share your word or phrase in the comments. #MothersDay #FirstVoices

Stay informed of FPCC News! Join our free email newsletter 🗞 and stay involved with updates on resources and programs revitalizing BC's First Nations languages, arts, cultures and heritage. We share community stories, events, resources, important funding deadlines and more. 📬 Sign up (link in bio) #FPCC #newsletter

Today is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people (MMIWG2S+), also known as Red Dress Day. We stand in solidarity with the families, survivors and communities who continue to seek truth, justice and healing. On this day, we invite you to wear red to acknowledge the families and communities who have been and continue to be impacted by the MMIWG2S+ crisis. ❤️ This is a heavy day, be gentle with yourself and reach out for support if you need it. We recommend the MMIWG 24/7 toll-free line at 1-844-413-6649. #MMIWG2S #RedDressDay #NoMoreStolenSisters #NationalDayofAwareness

FPCC’s Spring Newsletter 🗞️🌷 features the following stories: ✨Gitxsan artist Tiffany Smith enhanced her Chilkat weaving skills with support from an FPCC Individual Artists Grant. Read her story in, ‘Weaving Language, Knowledge and Skill’ ✨Tseshaht and Cowichan First Nations youth learned about traditional harvesting practices, land management and culturally appropriate ways to document knowledge in the recent story, titled ‘Harvesting Our Food, Medicine and Teachings' ✨Ben is becoming fluent in Hul’q’umi’num with the help of his three mentors. He’s learning from his grandfather, Joseph Norris, his uncle, qu'quyelh Johnathan Joe and his friend and former teacher, wuxwaxtunaat Gina Salazar. Read more in the story titled, ‘Saying YES to Learning the Language’. We are honoured to celebrate B.C. First Nations arts, cultural heritage and language revitalization. 📚 These stories can be found in our Spring newsletter, located in the Resource Library (link in bio) #BCFirstNations #BCArts #CulturalHeritage #LanguageRevitalization

Are you applying for FPCC’s Cultural Practices Grant? Join us for an online info session on Tuesday, April 28, at 2:00 pm PT! What you can expect to learn: 📌 General information on the program 📌 Tips for a successful application 📌 Answers to all your questions! Register today (link in bio) FPCC staff are here to help! 📫 Email [email protected] for application support. ⏰ Deadline is Tuesday, June 2, at 4:30 pm PT. #BCFirstNations #CulturalPractices

FPCCs' Cultural Practices Grant is now accepting applications. ✨ Up to $25,000 is available for B.C. First Nations to support the planning, carrying out and documenting of community-based cultural practices and events. Examples of funded activities include: 🌿Celebrations honouring key community leaders 🌿Seasonal and celestial events or activities 🌿Documenting cultural practices and events with Elders, knowledge holders and/or cultural advisors 🌿Reawakening of cultural places and the traditions associated with them Apply today! (link in bio) ⏰ Deadline is June 2 at 4:30pm PT Questions? FPCC staff are here to support you! Email [email protected] or attend our upcoming information session on April 28 at 2pm PT. The Cultural Practices Grant is funded by the First Peoples' Cultural Foundation through a Canada-British Columbia bilateral agreement as part of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. Support for the Cultural Practices Grant furthers the ongoing work under Safe and Supported: B.C.’s Gender Based Violence Action Plan. #BCFirstNations #CulturalPractices

📣 The Community Engagement Survey is open! We’re gathering insights from B.C. First Nations to help us improve how we share FPCC updates, grants, programs and resources. Your voice matters and your participation makes a real difference. Here's what you need to know: ✨ Who can participate: B.C. First Nations people, living in their First Nations community or urban and away from home. ✨ Time needed: 10-20 minutes ✨ Giveaways: 15 appreciation gifts will be shared with participants ✨ Deadline: Survey closes Friday, April 24 ⏰ Start the survey (link in bio)

April 15th is World Art Day 🥁 This day recognizes and promotes the development, enjoyment and appreciation of art worldwide. Here at FPCC, we support B.C. First Nations artists, musicians, creatives, painters, dancers, weavers, storytellers and more. Art plays a critical role for us as it sits at the center of our ceremonies and cultural practices. It's an educational tool, a vehicle for well-being and a form of expression beyond language. Below is a collection of artwork from FPCC’s Arts Grant Recipients. We are honoured to support B.C. First Nations artists and we raise our hands to artists worldwide for their contributions. 🤲🏾 Stay informed about our Arts Program by signing up for our newsletter at Newsletter Signup - First Peoples Cultural Council #WorldArtDay2026 #WorldArtDay

FPCC’s Spring Newsletter is out! This issue covers our work supporting communities with First Nations languages, arts and cultural heritage revitalization. Highlights include: ✨FPCC released two new reports that examine the history and current state of repatriation efforts in B.C. ✨Sarah Jeffrey is helping to revitalize the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language at work and at home in ‘Living the Language’ ✨Individual Arts Grant recipient Silixwiye Joy Hall combines art, language and culture by weaving her beautiful story blankets. You’ll also find updates on our programs, events and resources throughout. 💻Download the Spring newsletter (link in bio under Resource Library) 📲 Sign up for our e-newsletter (link in bio) #BCFirstNations #BCNews

March 31 is National Indigenous Languages Day! ✨ In celebration of this day, we are sharing a recent story featuring Tanya Louie, Iskut First Nation, and her journey with digitizing materials for language learning. She tells us how creating videos with her grandmother puppet Tsūtsū incorporates more fun and not taking things too seriously can make language learning a lot easier. “Whenever I brought my puppet into our language nest and spoke the language, all the kids would immediately listen.. I’m really inspired by Sesame Street. I grew up with it and I loved it. Learning really takes place, I think, when you’re having fun with it,” says Tanya. 🪶 Tanya recently attended a digitizaiton workshop hosted by FPCC’s Language Vitality Program. At this workshop, she and her sister learned how to digitize a cassette recording of their late grandfather singing in Tāłtān. “Saving a language is hard work – mentally, physically, but it’s really rewarding. It’s especially rewarding when you hear kids using the language,” says Tanya. We raise our hands to Tanya, the language learners and speakers, Elders and teachers who continue to make meaningful progress on this path. 📖 Read the full story (link in bio) #NILD #NationalIndigenousLanguagesDay

Earlier this month, some of FPCC’s Arts Program staff attended Gathering Our Voices (@gatheringourvoices ), Canada’s largest Indigenous youth conference. ✨ FPCC supported five artists to perform at the gathering: Simbiyez Wilson(@simbiyez.music ), Alex Taylor-McCallum(@pin.dee.in ), Aidan Thorne(@aidan.thorne.art ), Lisa Deptuck (@savyonline ) and Patrick Aleck (@warrior_ambitions_xwaluputhut ). These artists took part in the FPCC-hosted Storytelling Circle workshop where they shared how they are developing their craft and using their creativity as a tool for expression and impact. L-R: Rob Thomson, Arts Program Coordinator; Travis Herbert, artist; Simbiyez Wilson, artist; Alex Taylor-McCallum, artist; Aidan Thorne, artist; Patrick Aleck, artist; Koralee Tonack, Arts Program Coordinator; Lisa Deptuck, artist; Grace Bengston, Arts Program Associate. At FPCC, we are honoured to support these talented artists.