Nearly 60 Doyon Foundation students, alumni and supporters gathered to celebrate the Foundation’s fall 2019 scholarship recipients at the annual scholarship award ceremony, which took place August 30 in Fairbanks. Read more.

We are excited to share a short comic, written in Gwich’in and illustrated by our summer intern, Claire Ketzler! This book follows a Gwich’in story, Shihtthoo Tr’ik, The Young Brown Bear Woman. Read the story or view the video.

Want to learn Gwich’in, or other languages of the Doyon region? Sign up for the Doyon Languages Online course – free and available to all interested language learners!

With no fluent speakers remaining, development of the Holikachuk language-learning course was perhaps the most challenging – and one of the most important – efforts of Doyon Foundation’s Doyon Languages Online project. Released today, Holikachuk is the fourth course release for Doyon Languages Online, which is creating introductory online lessons for nine of the 10 endangered Doyon region languages. The online Holikachuk course, as well as previously released courses in Gwich’in, Denaakk’e and Benhti Kenaga’, is now available at no charge to all interested language learners. Learn more or Sign up.

The 2019 Morris Thompson Memorial Golf Classic took place under mostly sunny skies in June, raising money for scholarships and honoring the memory of the late Morris Thompson. The 19th annual event was held June 13 and 14 at Chena Bend Golf Course on Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks. The two-day event included a skills tournament and reception with Calcutta on Thursday, followed by the golf tournament and banquet on Friday. Read more.

Doyon Foundation today released the third course in its Doyon Languages Online project, which is creating introductory online lessons for nine of the 10 endangered Doyon region languages. The Denaakk’e course joins the previously released Benhti Kenaga’ and Gwich’in courses. All three courses are now available at no charge to all interested language learners through the Doyon Foundation website.

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Doyon Foundation released the second course in its Doyon Languages Online project today: Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa, or Gwich'in, one of the 10 endangered languages of the Doyon region. The Gwich’in course joins the previously released Benhti Kenaga’ course. Both online courses are now available at no charge to all interested language learners through the Doyon Foundation website. Learn more or Sign up.

Doyon Foundation officially launched its Doyon Languages Online project today with the release of a language-learning course for Benhti Kenaga’, one of the 10 endangered languages of the Doyon region. The online course is now available at no charge to all interested language learners. Learn more or Sign up.

On Friday, June 21, after three years of dedicated efforts, Doyon Foundation will officially launch its Doyon Languages Online project with the release of the first online language-learning course featuring Benhti Kenaga’, one of the 10 endangered languages of the Doyon region. Over the next two weeks, the Foundation will release three additional courses: Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in), Denaakk’e (Koyukon) and Holikachuk. All courses will be available at no charge to all interested language learners.

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Lessons offer preview of Doyon Languages Online project

Lessons created by the late Isaac Juneby to share the endangered Hän language are getting new life through a partnership with Doyon Foundation, Transparent Languages and its nonprofit 7000 Languages, and support of Juneby’s family and community. Juneby’s lessons are now accessible online, for free, to all interested learners through the Doyon Languages Online project. Read more.

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.

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.

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.

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

Jennifer was a child when her father began introducing her to Inupiaq and Koyukon Athabascan. “He’d say, ‘Wipe your nuvuk,’ (‘boogers,’ in Inupiaq) or ‘You have a big chaga,’ (‘stomach,’ in Koyukon Athabascan),” she shares. Today, Jennifer believes that reconnecting Indigenous people to their culture and languages promotes a healthy society. Read more.

Meet Ben Schwartz, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business management in 2008 and is pursuing an executive master’s of business administration from the University of Nevada Reno. “I’m inspired by the belief that I’ll somehow be able to assist family members’ well-being through my knowledge and expertise,” Ben said. 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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