by Chris Hargrave | Nov 9, 2024 | Featured Post, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce its upcoming move to a new office. On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Foundation will relocate from its current space at 615 Bidwell Avenue to a newly renovated building at 3702 Cameron Street, the former Sourdough Sam’s Cafe,...
by Doyon Foundation | Jun 12, 2024 | Featured Post, Language and Culture
Our DLO On the Go 2 contest wrapped up on May 31, 2024, and we are pleased to announce the prize winners: Susan Dayton – Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) Fabio Gibilisco – Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) Lisa Johnson – Deg Xinag and...
by Doyon Foundation | Apr 30, 2024 | Donors and Volunteers, Featured Post, News and Events, Scholarships
We are seeking individuals interested in serving on our competitive scholarship review committee. There are two regular seats and two alternate seats open for the 2024 – 2027 term. Applications are due by Friday, May 17, 2024, at 5 p.m. AKDT. Apply to serve Starting...
by Doyon Foundation | Apr 26, 2024 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is actively working on revitalizing the Native languages of the Interior region through our language revitalization program. As part of those efforts, we invite all Doyon shareholders, descendants and/or tribal members to complete our 2024 Interior...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 4, 2024 | Featured Post, Language and Culture
We are excited to announce our DLO On the Go 2 Contest to celebrate our newly released Doyon Languages Online courses and encourage interested language-learners to sign up! (This contest builds on the success of our original DLO On the Go contest in 2021 – see the...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 12, 2024 | Featured Post, Language and Culture
Twenty-three years ago, Kapniaq Lorena Williams and Taġġaq Lawrence Kaplan recorded a CD to teach the Iñupiaq language to interested learners. Today, their work is available as the most recent online course released through Doyon Languages Online. This is the first...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 12, 2024 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Children and adults who want to learn how to converse in the Denaakk’e (Koyukon) language have a new opportunity: a brand new Doyon Languages Online course based on the work of the late Agnes Moore. Baasee’ to Agnes’ family for their permission to share her lessons...
by Doyon Foundation | Oct 27, 2023 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Photo courtesy of Carla Dick The language work of the late Ellen Frank lives on through a new Doyon Languages Online course featuring her lessons in Benhti Kokhut’ana Kenaga’ (Lower Tanana). The lessons were originally published in 1998 with support from the Alaska...
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...
