Indigenous languages preserved with Vision Fund support
In 2015, members of Aboriginal Neighbours (AN) set out to raise $45,000 to sponsor a mentor-apprentice Indigenous language learning team through the First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC). The need for these mentor-apprentice programs is urgent, as many Elders, the last fluent speakers of BC’s Indigenous languages, are passing on too quickly.
Five years later, we have raised over $195,000 for the Revitalizing Indigenous Living Languages (RILL) project. Aboriginal Neighbours and FPCC are very grateful to the diocesan Vision Fund for its steadfast support of this project.
Aboriginal Neighbours is an ecumenical organization, originally started by our diocese. AN works to build respect and understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures. The RILL project was developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action Number 61.