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 | Dec 26, 2022 | Alumni Profiles, Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller, Student Profiles
In this Storyteller language profile, our language revitalization program director, Allan Hayton, speaks with Doyon Foundation alumna, Lingit language teacher and Denaakk’e language learner, Anna Clock. Watch, read or listen to Anna’s interview below! ALLAN...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 29, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
In this Storyteller language profile, we have the honor to speak with Denaakk’e language advocate, teacher and learner, Susan Paskvan. Susan worked with the Yukon-Koyukuk School District for 19 years, retiring earlier this year as the Native language coordinator....
by Doyon Foundation | Jul 12, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
In this Storyteller language profile, our language revitalization program director, Allan Hayton, speaks with Denaakk’e language learner, Kimberly Nicholas, who is also a member of our first Native language Mentor-Apprentice Program cohort. You can watch or listen to...
by Doyon Foundation | May 27, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
In this Storyteller language profile, Paul Williams, Jr. shares about his experience as a Native language teacher at Cruikshank School in Beaver, and his own journey as a student pursuing his Bachelor of Arts. Williams, Jr. has been teaching for 31 years, spanning two...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 29, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
In this Storyteller language profile, Ethel Beck, Bertha Ulvi and Bertha’s daughter, Karma Ulvi, join our language revitalization program director, Allan Hayton, via Zoom from Eagle to speak about their work with the Hän language. You can watch or listen to the...
