by Doyon Foundation | Oct 27, 2021 | Career Opportunities, Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation has extended the deadline to apply for our open project manager position for our new language revitalization mentor-apprentice program. This is a full-time position based at our office in Fairbanks. The new close date is Friday, November 5, 2021....
by Doyon Foundation | Oct 13, 2021 | Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Our October Native Word of the Month honors Every Child Matters Day, a National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Boarding Schools, which was recognized on September 30. Residential schools impacted all Native people and the effects on our people, language and culture...
by Doyon Foundation | Oct 11, 2021 | Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Today is Indigenous Peoples Day, and Doyon Foundation invites you to celebrate by sharing YOUR language! In 2017, Gov. Bill Walker signed legislation recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska. The law established Alaska as the second state in the nation...
by Doyon Foundation | Sep 30, 2021 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
“As visitors on Native land, it’s important that we do the work to support language revitalization.”- Myles Creed Myles Creed is a project assistant with Doyon Languages Online, the Doyon Foundation initiative to develop free online language-learning courses for nine...
by Doyon Foundation | Sep 24, 2021 | Language Supporters
In the September 2021 edition of Language Journeys, LaVerne Demientieff shared her experiences of reconnecting with and learning her language, Deg Xinag, from Elders in a class at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, when she was in her early 20s. That time was a...
by Doyon Foundation | Sep 14, 2021 | Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) speaker, Avis Sam Our September Native Word of the Month comes from a set of Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) language lessons created by Avis Sam and produced by the Yukon Native Language Centre. Dineh k’èh...
