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...
by Doyon Foundation | Dec 22, 2022 | Featured Post, News and Events, Scholarships
Doyon Foundation is excited to welcome back Elizabeth Green, who served as our Morris Thompson executive intern in summer 2022, and most recently was hired as our new scholarship/outreach assistant! A Doyon Foundation scholarship recipient, Elizabeth graduated from...
by Doyon Foundation | Dec 22, 2022 | Alumni, Donors and Volunteers, Featured Post, News and Events
Doyon Foundation is pleased to announce the results of our recent board of directors election: Orie G. Williams and Craig L. Fleener joined as new members, and incumbents Jennifer Adams and Matthew Calhoun were re-elected to the Foundation board. Welcome new members...
by Doyon Foundation | Dec 21, 2022 | 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 alumnus and Fairbanks business owner, Patrick Tanner. You can...
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 | Alumni, Alumni Profiles, Featured Post, 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 and former board member, Helena Jacobs. Helena,...
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...