by Doyon Foundation | Aug 16, 2016 | Educational Opportunities, Language and Culture, News and Events
Doyon Foundation Language Revitalization Program Director Allan Hayton recently gave a plenary talk on Language Revitalization & The Arts at the Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang), an international conference that took place at the University of...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 2, 2016 | Language and Culture, News and Events
By Allan Hayton Doyon Foundation Language Revitalization Program Director The 2016 Alaska Language Summit organized by the office of Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, and hosted by the Sealaska Heritage Institute, took place February 22-23 at the Walter Soboleff...
by Doyon Foundation | Mar 2, 2016 | Educational Opportunities, Language and Culture, News and Events
Allan Hayton, Doyon Foundation’s language revitalization program director, spoke recently at the invitation-only TEDxFairbanks 2016. The event, which was the first TEDx event to be held in Fairbanks, took place February 21 at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors...
by Doyon Foundation | Oct 26, 2015 | Language and Culture, Native Word of the Month, News and Events
Have you checked out the Doyon Foundation October Native Word of the Month? Vadzaih Zhrii = October Neeyaakee = Sunrise Juk van neeyaakee gwiizhik hakeesha’aii. = I woke this morning while the sun was rising. 1s hakeesha’aii – I awaken 2s hakeena’aii – You...
by Doyon Foundation | Jun 3, 2015 | Language and Culture, News and Events
Allan Hayton has been named director of Doyon Foundation’s language revitalization program. Hayton, who assumed the role in late May, will lead the program, which was established in 2012 to revitalize Interior Native languages and make language-learning opportunities...