by Doyon Foundation | Apr 23, 2019 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, News and Events, Storyteller
“I’m not just a language learner. I’m Deg Hit’an” A board member of Doyon, Limited and Doyon Foundation, Sonta Roach lives in her hometown of Shageluk where she’s a teacher in the Iditarod Area School District. She and her husband, Chevie Roach of Tok, have...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 18, 2019 | Language Supporters, News and Events
All of us here at Doyon Foundation had a wonderful time at the 2019 Doyon, Limited annual meeting, which took place on March 15 in Fairbanks. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to meet our staff members, play our language game Gen Gonee (“What’s...
by Doyon Foundation | Feb 25, 2019 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, News and Events, Storyteller
“When speaking, a part of our history comes back to life” A committed language learner, speaker and student, David Engles is a content creator with Doyon Languages Online, a Doyon Foundation project that is creating online language-learning opportunities for...
by Doyon Foundation | Feb 5, 2019 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, News and Events, Storyteller, Student Profiles
“Native languages are important to all Alaskans” Beth Leonard is a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage where she directs the Alaska Native Studies Program. She holds a doctorate in cross-cultural and Alaska Native studies in addition to degrees in...
by Doyon Foundation | May 14, 2018 | Alumni, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, News and Events
Doyon Foundation welcomes former student and intern Diloola Erickson as our new Doyon Languages Online II project manager! “We are thrilled to have Diloola join our team and lead this new project. This is a beautiful example of ‘growing our own’ to serve important...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 12, 2018 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, News and Events, Storyteller, Student Profiles
“When I’m learning my language, I feel like I’m finding myself and understanding who I am.” Diloola Erickson’s parents are Susan Erickson from Kaltag and Arne Erickson from Tok. Her maternal grandparents are the late Irene and Alexander Solomon,...
