The First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) is a First Nations governed Crown Corporation of the province of British Columbia, Canada.
[1] The mandate of the organization is to: Base funding for FPCC is provided through the BC Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and further funds are raised through partnerships with public and private agencies (including the New Relationship Trust, the BC Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage).
FPCC pursues its mandate through the following programs: FirstVoices is an online indigenous language archive that participating communities can independently develop to house their orthography, alphabet, oral dictionaries, phrases, songs and stories.
The apps contain text, audio, image and video content and are available as free downloads from the iTunes and Google Play stores.
[3] The dictionary apps include the following Indigenous languages, which are all spoken in British Columbia: Ehattesaht, Halq'eméylem, Hlg̲aagilda X̲aayda Kil, Ktunaxa, Kwak'wala, Nazko-Dakelh, Nisg̲a'a, Northern St'at'imcets, Secwepemc, SENĆOŦEN, Tla'amin, Ucwalmícwts, Xeni Gwet'in.
FirstVoices Keyboards is an Indigenous language app available for free download on Apple and Android mobile devices.
's Indigenous music industry through knowledge transfer, skill development, and the creation of new business opportunities in B.C.
Key findings include: In December 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government would be developing legislation to support the revitalization Indigenous languages in Canada.
"[23] The First Peoples' Cultural Council held regional sessions in May and June 2017 to talk about the promised Indigenous language legislation for Canada.