by Doyon Foundation | Jan 31, 2023 | Featured Post, Grants and Funding Opportunities, Language and Culture
Applications for 2023 Our Language grants are now being accepted. Doyon Foundation will award $5,000 grants to support local language revitalization projects as part of our ongoing efforts to revitalize the endangered Native languages of the Doyon region. Applications...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 27, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Profiles, Featured Post, Scholarships, Storyteller
In our Storyteller profile series, we highlight the dreams, journeys and achievements of Doyon Foundation students, alumni and supporters. In this episode of Storyteller, we speak with Doyon Foundation alumna Angelica Baalam. Angelica, of Birch Creek,...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 27, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
In this Storyteller language profile, our language revitalization program director, Allan Hayton, speaks with Loretta Lolnitz, an apprentice in our new Mentor Apprentice Program who is learning Denaakk’e (Koyukon) with her mentor and mother, Ethel Esmailka. We invite...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Learning a language can bring up long-forgotten memories. Loretta Lolnitz, an apprentice in our Mentor Apprentice Program, is learning Denaakk’e with her mentor and mother, Ethel Esmailka. In our January 2023 Native Word of the Month, Loretta shares a word and a...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured Post, Scholarships
Thinking about summer school? We’ve got scholarships for that! Eligible students may now apply for Doyon Foundation part-time and full-time awards for the summer 2023 semester. Applications are due by Wednesday, March 15, by 11:59 p.m. AKDT. Apply now...