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MOD #4 POST #4: First Peoples’ Cultural Council Language Programs

https://fpcc.ca/programs/about-our-language-programs/

First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) has various initiatives and grants that work towards supporting Indigenous languages in BC.

FPCC is a strong advocate for Indigenous peoples’ right to live and speak our languages and practice our cultures. We provide funding, training, resources and support for language revitalization.

Programs offered include their youth empowered speakers program, language revitalization planning program, language technology program, mentor-apprentice programs, and language nest programs for young speakers. Also included is FirstVoices, a program designed to support the use of online tools for language documentation.

Grants offered by FPCC support community-led efforts in digitization, language gatherings and sharing, and language revitalization activities. Grants are combined as part of their Pathways to Language Vitality Program, which allows flexibility for communities to address needs specific to their community.

MOD #1 POST #1: First Peoples’ Map of BC

Site: https://maps.fpcc.ca/

Information: https://fpcc.ca/stories/first-peoples-map/

The discussion on “Is technology culturally neutral?” brought up interesting dialogue on languages, especially those dominant in cyberspace. From that interaction, I found this resource which is a living map of the First Peoples’ languages in BC. Not only does it map the areas visually, but it also provides audio samples of the pronunciation of greetings, names, and more. Statistics about the communities and languages are included, such as the population and the number of fluent speakers. Along with languages, arts and cultural heritage points of interests are overlayed on the interactive map, providing a resource to learn more place-based information about First Peoples’ history in your community in BC.