The ‘About’ page on the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation website provides a succinct description of their organization and mandate:

The First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable public organization that generates support and funding for Aboriginal and First Nations artists, First Nations communities, First Nations cultural organizations, and First Nations educational organizations. We support grassroots efforts to revitalize the Indigenous arts, languages and cultures unique to British Columbia, Canada.

In turn, the foundation has funded millions of dollars into BC First Nations arts and culture, providing the much needed resources to help revitalize and sustain indigenous culture in the province. This includes funding for projects in language revitalization and multi-generational cultural initiatives, in addition to funding grants for individual artists and organizations.

One of the site’s features that I found useful was the First Peoples Art Map, an interactive map that pinpoints the locations of contemporary First Nations artists, organizations and events across the province. Each pin provides a hyperlink to a biography and website for each artist or organization, as well as images and other related information. I feel that this particular tool allows indigenous artists in particular an opportunity to effectively network and showcase their work in a way that connects the artist to the wider arts community.