by Doyon Foundation | Oct 16, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Tsíná’ęę to Irene and family for their permission to share these lessons on Doyon Languages Online. In 1997, Irene Solomon Arnold published language lessons for Dihthâad Xt’een Iin Aanděeg’ (Tanacross). Today, those lessons are available to an even larger...
by Doyon Foundation | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Tsenaa‘įį choo to Avis and family for their permission to share these lessons on Doyon Languages Online. Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) language lessons developed by Elder and teacher Avis Sam, and originally published in 2000, are now available to all...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 16, 2023 | Educational Opportunities, Featured Post, Language and Culture
Teams interested in participating in Doyon Foundation’s Native language Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) are invited to apply as members of our second MAP cohort. Applications are due by Sunday, April 30, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. AKDT. The online application may be accessed...
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...
