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 | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Learning a language can bring up long-forgotten memories. Loretta Lolnitz, an apprentice in our Mentor Apprentice Program, is learning Denaakk’e with her mentor and mother, Ethel Esmailka. In our January 2023 Native Word of the Month, Loretta shares a word and a...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 13, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce that a language-learning course in Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) is now available in Doyon Languages Online. With the release of Nee’aanèegn’, all courses developed for Doyon Languages Online under the...
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 | Dec 26, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Anna Clock, featured in our Storyteller language profile, shares her favorite Denaakk’e word for our December 2022 Native Word of the Month. Edeghoyeneeghaalʉhdeneek = you take care of yourselves – Denaakk’e For more Native words, view our archives on...
by Doyon Foundation | Dec 22, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture
Christmas is nearly here and all of us at Doyon Foundation are full of holiday cheer! To help celebrate the holidays – and our Native languages – we are pleased to share “Merry Christmas” in the languages of the Doyon region! You can copy the text translations and use...