by Doyon Foundation | Dec 13, 2022 | 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’re teaming up with our friends at 7000 Languages for the In Your Words Video Challenge (part of the 10-year anniversary...
by Doyon Foundation | Dec 3, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
We’re pleased to share that Alea Keandralyn has joined the Doyon Foundation team as our new language revitalization program administrative assistant. Prior to Doyon Foundation, Alea was an administrative assistant at the Alaska Family Health and Birth Center,...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 29, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
In this Storyteller language profile, we have the honor to speak with Denaakk’e language advocate, teacher and learner, Susan Paskvan. Susan worked with the Yukon-Koyukuk School District for 19 years, retiring earlier this year as the Native language coordinator....
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 28, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce several opportunities to be involved in our new DLO in the Classroom project. These are paid, contract positions. Interested individuals should respond by Friday, December 30. Novice Teacher Cohort: We will contract with...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 23, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
Our November 2022 Native Word of the Month features a video clip from our upcoming Storyteller language profile on Denaakk’e teacher, Susan Paskvan. Dot’aanh? = What is he/she/it doing? “It’s a good word to know for language learners because you can ask ‘what is the...
by Rachel Grenier | Nov 23, 2022 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is happy to welcome Petey Roach, our DLO in the Classroom project manager. “I greatly admire Doyon Foundation’s dedication to their region by connecting children with their ancestral languages,” she said. “I look forward to working closely with...
