Robbie’s 2018 Update from Trevelin, Esquel, & Bariloche
Here’s Robbie Penman’s update from the spring of 2018, several months after his summer with WAYK on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Thanks for the update, Robbie! In April, me and… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Report from the Road
Going Cold Jerky*: Outside of the WAYK Bubble
Here’s Robbie Penman’s update from the fall of 2017, a few months after his summer with WAYK on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Thanks for the update, Robbie! *Jerky is one… Read more »
Report from the Road: Northway, January 2016
Following our three week visit to Fairbanks this past January, the WAYK team continued our work with Doyon Foundation’s language revitalization program by traveling to the village of Northway, AK… Read more »
Report From the Road: Fairbanks, January 2016
The WAYK team once again returned to Fairbanks this winter for three weeks of training with speakers and learners of two Athabaskan languages: Gwich’in and Benhti Kenaga’ (Lower Tanana langauge)…. Read more »
Report From The Road: St. Paul, December 2015
The WAYK team returned to St. Paul, Alaska for our first follow up visit after the 2015 Summer Intensive, which focused on the St. Paul and St. George dialects of… Read more »
Report from the Road: Anchorage (October 2015)
The WAYK team returned to Anchorage in October of 2015 for our biannual visit to work with the many members of the Unangam Tunuu core team that live in the… Read more »
Report from the Road: Port Graham (Fall 2015)
The WAYK team made our first trip to Port Graham, Alaska in May of 2015. During a five-day workshop we introduced Port Graham’s Sugt’stun speakers, learners, and teachers to basic… Read more »
Report from the Road: Atka (Fall 2015)
This September, the WAYK team made their fourth visit to the Aleutian Island of Atka. This visit was the first under a new project, coordinated by the Aleutian Pribilof Islands… Read more »
Report from the Road: Kodiak (Summer 2015)
This summer, a team of WAYK interns convened in Kodiak, Alaska to try something new: an intern house. The interns included Evan Amason, Dehrich Isuwiq Schmidt-Chya, Josh Higginbotham, Anders “Holla… Read more »
Report from the Road: Kodiak (May 2015)
This May, WAYK returned to Kodiak Island for the Alutiiq Language Summit. This gathering coincided with the Kodiak College Alutiiq Language OEC graduation and an honorary degree ceremony for local Kodiak… Read more »
Report from the Road: St. Paul Island Summer Intensive Video
We are pleased to share another great video from WAYK player and filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Sky joined the WAYK team on St. Paul Island for the 2015 Summer Intensive as… Read more »
Report from the Road: Port Graham (Spring 2015)
The WAYK team made our first trip to Port Graham, Alaska in May of 2015. During a five-day workshop we introduced Port Graham’s Sugt’stun speakers, learners, and teachers to Where… Read more »
Guest Post: Maidu Language Classes Using WAYK
I am Danny YellowFeather Manning, I have been working with the Weye-ebis project with Donna Clark and the Susanville Indian Rancheria language team since November 2014. My teacher is Wilhelmina… Read more »
Guest Post: WAYKing up Unangam Tunuu
This summer, WAYK (Where Are Your Keys) creator Evan Gardner, Susanna Ciotti, WAYK veteran Sky Hopinka and two language-loving interns, Casey and Robyn, battled unpredictable airline schedules and dreary weather… Read more »
Report from the Road: Alaska Native Heritage Center
The WAYK team returned to the Alaska Native Heritage Center in late April for a week-long workshop. The ANHC has hosted WAYK on several occasions over the past four years,… Read more »
Report from the Road: Tanana, Alaska
When the WAYK team was last in Tanana, in late October 2014, the Yukon River was just about to freeze solid. During our return trip this spring, in mid-April, the… Read more »
Report from the Road: Fairbanks, Alaska
So many languages, so little time! The WAYK team returned to Fairbanks this spring for two weeks of training with speakers and learners of four Athabaskan languages: Hän, Gwich’in, Deg… Read more »
Report from the Road: Susanville, California
The WAYK team spent a week at the beginning of April in Susanville, California. The language program at Susanville Rancheria, led by Donna Clark, has been hard at work developing… Read more »