by Doyon Foundation | Apr 22, 2021 | Language and Culture, News and Events
Submit auditions online by May 14 deadline Doyon Foundation is working with WGBH Boston to produce two dubbed episodes of the PBS Kids’ show Molly of Denali in two of the Native languages of the Doyon region: Denaakk’e (Koyukon) and Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in). Doyon...
by Doyon Foundation | Apr 20, 2021 | Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is pleased to welcome Myles Creed as our Doyon Languages Online project assistant. In this role, Myles will assist with the coordination and implementation of the Doyon Languages Online II project, with a special emphasis on developing a community of...
by Doyon Foundation | Apr 9, 2021 | Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Cosmo the dog, from New Mexico Thank you to our speakers Kenneth Frank and Caroline Tritt-Frank for sharing our April 2021 Native Word of the Month in Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa (Gwich’in), Łąįį = Dog Kenneth Frank: Shijyaa, łąįį daanch’yaa ni’ii? = My friend, how...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 29, 2021 | Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
“Language is what grounds me” Born in Fairbanks, Tristan Madros is the son of Franklin Madros, Jr. and Cora McGinty Madros. Tristan’s paternal grandparents are Franklin Madros, Sr. and Anna Ruben Madros. Maternal grandparents are Sebastian McGinty, Sr. and Eva...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 29, 2021 | Language and Culture, News and Events, Scholarships
The past year has been full of challenges. And yet it was also an amazing display of resiliency. Our students – all 388 of them – pushed on through the changes and the uncertainty, bravely continuing to pursue their educational goals. Nearly 50 of our students...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 19, 2021 | Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is excited to announce our DLO On the Go Contest to encourage interested language-learners to learn their language with Doyon Languages Online, which offers free online language-learning courses for all interested learners! Here’s how it works: If...
