Did you know you can help Doyon Foundation earn donations just by shopping with your Fred Meyer Rewards Card? Over the last year, we received $834.18 in donations from Fred Meyer, thanks to supporters who linked their Rewards Card to the Foundation. If all of our supporters linked their cards, just think about how much the Foundation could receive for our scholarship and language revitalization programs! Read more.

Doyon Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members to its board of directors: Marie Cleaver and Aaron Roth. Cleaver and Roth were elected to the Foundation’s seven-member board at the annual membership meeting in November. During officer elections, Lanien Livingston was re-elected as president, Jennifer Fate was elected as vice president, and LaVerne Huntington was elected as secretary/treasurer. Read more.

The 2019 Morris Thompson Memorial Golf Classic, themed “Tee Up for Scholars,” will take place Thursday and Friday, June 13 and 14, at Chena Bend Golf Course on Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. There are still sponsorship opportunities to support the event, which raises money for our Morris Thompson competitive scholarship fund. Learn more.

Speakers of the endangered Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) language gathered together in Tok, Alaska, in early January 2019 to develop content for an online course to teach individuals interested in learning the language and preserving it for future generations. The workshop was organized and hosted by Doyon Foundation.Read more.

We are pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the Our Language grant awards. This year, the Foundation is awarding a total of $50,000 to nine organizations to support community-based language revitalization projects. Read more.

The recipients of the 2018 Our Language grants, awarded by Doyon Foundation, recently completed their language revitalization projects and submitted reports detailing their efforts and outcomes. The 2018 Our Language grantees are a varied group of dedicated and resourceful organizations with great ideas to share with others around the region. Read more.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Doyon Foundation scholarships – from scholarship types to eligibility to the application process – is detailed in our new, one-stop scholarship resource handbook! Read more.

Thinking about applying for a competitive scholarship? Learn about the history and eligibility of the Foundation’s competitive scholarships! Read more.

Seeking Linguistics Consultants and Content Creators – Apply Today

We are pleased to announce a second call for linguistics consultants and content creators for our Doyon Languages Online project. Interested applicants are encouraged to review the RFQs (request for qualifications) for linguistics consultants and content creators, and apply today! Learn more.

Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce a new scholarship fund, the Mary Jane and Hugh Fate, Jr. Leadership Fund, established by their daughter, Jennifer Fate. Jennifer, a member of both the Doyon, Limited and Doyon Foundation boards, created the fund to honor Mary Jane and Hugh’s accomplishments for the betterment of the Doyon people. Read more

We are so excited to announce that we have received a three-year, $977,423 grant from the U.S Department of Education – Alaska Native Educational Program to expand our language revitalization efforts through the Doyon Languages Online II project. With this funding, we will be able to create online language-learning lessons for Nee’anděg’ (Tanacross), Née’aaneegn’ (Upper Tanana), Deg Xinag and Denak’i (Upper Kuskokwim) - building on the work of the Doyon Languages Online project, which is already in the process of creating lessons for Holikachuk, Denaakk’e (Koyukon), Benhti Kenaga’ (Lower Tanana), Hän, and Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in). Learn more

Click here here to see and hear the Native words and phrases of the month. Both written and audio translations are provided.

Sonta believes learning her culture and learning her language are all one. She cherishes being on the land, hearing stories and practicing her language – “putting it all together,” she says. Read more.

Doyon Foundation student Nicole Smith aspires to become a marketing manager in a large corporation or to start her own business. From Dexter, New York, Nicole will begin at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego in the fall. Read more

A graduate of Stanford University and Arizona State University, Tanya was named regulatory affairs director for Doyon Utilities in 2015. Tanya received the Foundation’s basic scholarship as well as the Morris Thompson competitive scholarship. “Doyon Foundation helped me advance my education not only with financial support but with encouragement," she says. Read more.

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