The Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center and Doyon Foundation have partnered to offer “Language Journeys,” a new series of online discussions on the Morris Thompson Center platform featuring Alaska Native language speakers from across the Interior sharing experiences with their traditional languages, what inspired them to learn them, and what they would like to see for the future of the languages. Episodes will air the last Friday of each month at 12 p.m. AKST on the Morris Thompson Center’s website.
The premiere episode of this series aired on April 30, 2021, and featured Denaakke’ and Holikachuk language speaker, Tristan Madros. Tristan grew up in both Kaltag and Nulato around many Elders who spoke their Native languages. This experience inspired him to learn Denaakke’ and Holikachuk. Allan Hayton, the Doyon Foundation language revitalization program director and moderator of the series, joined Tristan in discussing the significance of one’s connection to their Native language.
Please visit www.morristhompsoncenter.org/events/ to view this program and both upcoming and past cultural programs. You can also sign up for email updates about future events at the website.
These programs are proudly brought to you by the partnership between Doyon Foundation and the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center.