Doyon Foundation is pleased to welcome Myles Creed as our Doyon Languages Online project assistant. In this role, Myles will assist with the coordination and implementation of the Doyon Languages Online II project, with a special emphasis on developing a community of speakers and learners.

Myles was born in Fairbanks and raised in Kotzebue, Alaska. His parents are John Creed and Susan Andrews, who grew up in Massachusetts and Maryland, respectively, and moved to Kotzebue in the 1970s/1980s. His ancestry is English, Irish and French.

Myles attended Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, and Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, studying communication. He continued on at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, receiving a Master of Arts in general linguistics. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in linguistics at the University of Victoria.

Myles has been interested and involved with Inupiaq language revitalization for several years and is a founding member of the Iḷisaqativut Language Collective. Myles enjoys running, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.

Doyon Languages Online is a Doyon Foundation effort to develop online language-learning lessons for nine of the 10 endangered Native languages of the Doyon region, including Benhti Kokhut’ana Kenaga’ (Lower Tanana), Deg Xinag , Denaakk’e (Koyukon), Dihthaad Xt’een Iin Aanděeg’ (Tanacross), Dinak’i (Upper Kuskokwim), Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in), Hän, Holikachuk and Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana). Once completed, the lessons will be available for free to all interested language learners.

For more information on the Doyon Foundation team and Doyon Languages Online, visit www.doyonfoundation.com.