As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) enters the third year of their three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Atka for 10 days of sessions in the fall of 2017. During this visit, the WAYK team will provide additional training and support for members of the local core team who attended... Read more »
As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) enters the third year of their three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Anchorage for 10 days of sessions in the fall of 2017. The WAYK team will continue to work with the Niiĝuĝim Tunuu and Qawalangim Tunuu language teams based in... Read more »
In partnership with Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI, supported by ANEP) and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA, supported by ANA) the WAYK team returns to St. Paul Island for 10 days in the fall of 2017. During this visit, the WAYK team will continue to provide training and support for members of the local core team who have worked with... Read more »
The WAYK team will visit with the Alutiiq language team in Kodiak, Alaska to support them as they enter the second year of their ANA Native Language Community Coordination Project. We are excited to check in with the team as they continue on their five-year project and work to expand their Alutiiq Language Nest for pre-school aged children... Read more »
The WAYK team returns to Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver, BC for 10 weeks in the winter/spring of 2018 to partner with the TWN language department in their work with the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language.
WAYK returns to the Alaska Native Heritage Center for our third follow-up training with their Yup’ik and Iñupiaq teaching teams. In preparation for this training, the WAYK team has visited both Yup'ik and Iñupiaq language classes offered as part of ANHC's current project. This training will continue to focus on incorporating WAYK Techniques into the other language teaching... Read more »
The WAYK team will be traveling to the annual Celebrating Salish Conference, hosted by the Kalispel Tribe. The 2018 Conference is scheduled for March 7-9, 2018. From the conference organizers: "We host the annual Celebrating Salish Conference, which brings together speakers and learners of all Interior Salish languages in the Inland Northwest: Kalispel, Spokane, Colville-Okanagan, Coeur d'Alene,... Read more »
March 26, 2018 - April 8, 2018 The WAYK team will travel to the interior of Alaska in April 2018 to work with teachers, students, and community members in partnership with the Alaska Gateway School District. The school district has schools located in the communities of Dot Lake, Eagle, Tanacross, Tetlin, Tok, Mentasta Lake, and Northway, in... Read more »
April 11, 2018 - April 20, 2018 As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) continues the third year of their three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Atka for 10 days of sessions in the spring of 2018. During this visit, the WAYK team will provide additional training and support... Read more »
April 22, 2018 - May 6, 2018 In partnership with Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI, supported by ANEP and CBSFA) the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA, supported by ANA) the WAYK team returns to St. Paul Island for 15 days in the spring of 2018. During this visit, the WAYK team will continue to provide training and support for members... Read more »
This summer, the WAYK team, including 4 WAYK interns, will live in Anchorage and work with a team of local and regional speakers and youth from both Eastern and Western speaking communities. The team that comes together in Anchorage will build on the work done since 2015 in St. Paul Island and Atka and will focus... Read more »
August 20, 2018 - September 15, 2018 WAYK will return to Kodiak for another annual visit from August 20th-September 15th, 2018. The WAYK team will visit with the Tamamta Liitukut language team in Kodiak, Alaska to support them as they enter the third year of their five-year project (supported by an ANA Native Language Community Coordination Project). We... Read more »
September 18, 2018-October 12, 2018 November 5, 2018-December 7, 2018 The WAYK team returns to Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver, BC for 9 weeks in the fall of 2018 to partner with the TWN language department, Kwi Awt Stelmexw, and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh adult immersion program at Simon Fraser University.
October 15, 2018-November 2, 2018 The WAYK team will be in Anchorage in October 2018. We’ll be visiting with WAYK players in the area as well as stopping by First Alaskan Institutes’s Elders & Youth Conference (October 14-17), the Alaska Native Languages Summer (October 17), and the annual Alaska Federation of Natives Conference (October 18-20). If you are interested in WAYK... Read more »
September 18, 2018-October 12, 2018 November 5, 2018-December 7, 2018 The WAYK team returns to Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver, BC for 9 weeks in the fall of 2018 to partner with the TWN language department, Kwi Awt Stelmexw, and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh adult immersion program at Simon Fraser University.
December 9, 2018 - December 19, 2018 In partnership with Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI, supported by ANEP and CBSFA) the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) the WAYK team returns to St. Paul Island for 10 days in the winter of 2018 accompanied by members of the Anchorage Unangam Tunuu team! During this visit, the WAYK team will continue to... Read more »
December 9, 2018 - December 20, 2018 As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) continues their ongoing Unangam Tunuu revitalization project, the WAYK team returns to Atka for 10 days of sessions in the winter of 2018, accompanied by members of the Anchorage Unangam Tunuu team! During this visit, the WAYK team will provide additional training and support for members... Read more »
December 21, 2018 - January 5, 2019 As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) continues their ongoing Unangam Tunuu revitalization project, members of the Anchorage Unangam Tunuu team will travel with WAYK to St. Paul Island and Atka and return to Anchorage for 10 days of sessions in the winter of 2018. The WAYK team will continue to work... Read more »
January 7, 2019 - April 12, 2019 The WAYK team returns to Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver, BC in the winter of 2019 to partner with the TWN language department, Kwi Awt Stelmexw, and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh adult immersion program at Simon Fraser University.
February 19 - February 22, 2019 The Tsleil-Waututh Nation Department of Language & Culture and the WAYK team present a week of language and method during our February Language Camp. Join us for 4 days of language learning and an introduction to the Where Are Your Keys (WAYK) method for language teaching. We'll be working... Read more »
