by Doyon Foundation | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Loretta Lolnitz, an apprentice in our Mentor Apprentice Program, was a snowshoe racer for 20 years. In our February Native word of the month, Loretta shares the story of how she gave her youngest son a Denaakk’e name inspired by her love of snowshoeing. Oyh...
by Doyon Foundation | Feb 21, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture
Learning a language isn’t something you do on your own – it’s about speaking and sharing with others! To get the conversation started, we teamed up with our friends at 7000 Languages for the In Your Words Video Challenge (part of the 10-year anniversary celebration of...
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...
