by Doyon Foundation | Nov 30, 2021 | Donors and Volunteers, Featured Post
As we enter the season of giving, we invite you to make a gift that will keep giving back for years to come. A gift to Doyon Foundation provides financial assistance to students pursuing their educational goals, which will set them on a successful course for the rest...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 29, 2021 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Language Supporters, Storyteller
“I was determined to keep my language”- Cora Demit A fluent speaker in the Upper Tanana language Nee’aanèegn’, Cora S. Demit is an Elder from Northway who contributes recorded lessons for Doyon Foundation’s Doyon Languages Online project. Cora is the daughter of...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 24, 2021 | Donors and Volunteers, Featured Post, Scholarships
Our work is made possible by many. In this season of gratitude, all of us at Doyon Foundation and the students we serve wish to take the opportunity to say THANK YOU. Ana Basi’. Dogidinh. Baasee’. Maasee’. Hąį’ęę. Mähsi’. Xisigidasidhut. Tsín’ęę. Tsen’anh. Tsen’įį....
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 16, 2021 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Thank you to all the language learners who participated in our DLO On the Go contest earlier this year! Through the contest, we aimed to increase the number of students and the amount of time spent learning in Doyon Languages Online, which offers free online courses...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 15, 2021 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
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). After reviewing the auditions submitted during...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 9, 2021 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation hosted a virtual gathering in late September to mark the conclusion of our Doyon Languages Online II project, and acknowledge and express gratitude to the individuals involved in making it possible. This phase of the Doyon Languages Online project...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 5, 2021 | Featured Post, Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month
In our Native languages, the names of the months aren’t just words – they describe what is taking place during that time of year. For example, November is referred to as Sooge Zo’, or marten month in Denaakk’e/Koyukon. In Inupiaq, November is Nippivik, or sunset time,...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 3, 2021 | Featured Post, Grants and Funding Opportunities, Language and Culture, News and Events
$812,142 ANA grant will help increase proficient speakers of endangered Native languages Doyon Foundation has received a three-year, $812,142 federal grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) to fund a new mentor-apprentice program as part of its...
by Doyon Foundation | Nov 1, 2021 | Donors and Volunteers, Featured Post, Scholarships, Student Profiles
Health scholarship recipients: Alexa Prass (left) and Teresa Nix (right) This fall, Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) and Doyon, Limited made a significant contribution to the Doyon Foundation health scholarship fund, with a goal to support Alaska Native students in...
by Doyon Foundation | Oct 29, 2021 | Language Supporters
In the October 2021 edition of Language Journeys, Polly Hyslop shared some of her memories of growing up in Northway, hearing her Native language, Nee’aanèegn’ (Upper Tanana) from Elders, and eventually reconnecting with the language when she returned to Northway....
