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...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 27, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Profiles, Featured Post, Scholarships, Storyteller
In our Storyteller profile series, we highlight the dreams, journeys and achievements of Doyon Foundation students, alumni and supporters. In this episode of Storyteller, we speak with Doyon Foundation alumna Angelica Baalam. Angelica, of Birch Creek,...
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 18, 2023 | Featured Post, Scholarships
Thinking about summer school? We’ve got scholarships for that! Eligible students may now apply for Doyon Foundation part-time and full-time awards for the summer 2023 semester. Applications are due by Wednesday, March 15, by 11:59 p.m. AKDT. Apply now...
by Doyon Foundation | Jan 17, 2023 | Alumni, Alumni Profiles, Featured Post, Scholarships, Storyteller
The Doyon Foundation journey doesn’t end with graduation! We are so proud of our alumni, the amazing places they have gone on to, the achievements they are making, and the positive differences they are having in their communities. Each month, we feature an update on...
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 27, 2022 | Alumni, Alumni Profiles, Featured Post, Scholarships, Storyteller
The Doyon Foundation journey doesn’t end with graduation! We are so proud of our alumni, the amazing places they have gone on to, the achievements they are making, and the positive differences they are having in their communities. Each month, we feature an update on...
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...