FPF Cultural Scholarship

FPF Cultural Scholarship Fund

First Peoples First Cultural Foundation is not a cause, it is an investment
in our country’s future cultural wealth and diversity.

Supporting our living heritage

True wealth, as we see it, does not lay only within the resources that can be extracted from the earth nor, in the exploitation of others. Rather we see that real wealth and resources are found within the cultural richness and diversity of like-minded people who walk together toward constructive change.

First Peoples culture of Australia, is the living heritage and backbone of this country and a fundamental precept of First Peoples culture is that we all belong and we are all responsible.

At FPF we feel it is in the national interest for all citizens of Australia to help ensure that the cultural vibrancy and diversity of First Peoples culture is supported and maintained, so that it can continue to enrich both present and coming generations, within our own country and globally.

Camping in Country Binda Wawubaja homelands where the Mitchell and St George rivers meet, Far North Queensland

First Peoples First Cultural Scholarship Fund projects

Bi-annual Laura Cultural/dance Festival Far North Queensland

Through our Cultural Scholarship Fund we provide financial assistance to help support First Peoples cultural initiatives.

The project initiatives must express Ancestral values, beliefs, practices and ways-of-being, particularly in the areas that foster longevity and work towards the cultural sustainability, health and well-being of both the present and coming generations.

Our First Peoples First Cultural Scholarship Fund particularly supports projects in relation to Community on-Country-sustainability (land/sea/air) initiatives, Indigenous food resources (plant and animal) security, language retention, maintenance and regeneration, Cultural celebration and ceremonial events and activities as determined by the trustees.

Ongoing projects providing cultural stability and focused towards developing upcoming and future generations of cultural leaders and educators are core to the initiatives supported through our First Peoples First Cultural Scholarship Fund.

Community based cultural learning initiatives may include:

Bush Camps with Elders
Crafting and gathering bush implements (basket weaving, spear making etc)
Learning to speak a First Nation language fluently.
Learning bush skills relative to their country (making fire, tracking, hunting etc)
Learning ancestral stories, song and dances related to earth and sky.
Intercultural exchanges and gatherings.
Reciprocity (mutual exchange) - commitment to sharing their learning back into their communities.

Living Culture

Bi annual Laura Cultural/dance festival, Far North Queensland