Anchorage 2020 Spring/Summer Mini-Language Intensive (Tentative)
May 25, 2020 – June 19, 2020 (Tentative) This year, in the early spring and summer, the WAYK team and members of the regional Unangam Tunuu team from the Pribilof… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Alaska
Anchorage Spring Visit 2020 (Tentative)
May 12, 2020 – May 24, 2020 (Tentative) As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) begins the first year of their new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration… Read more »
Atka Spring Visit 2020 (Tentative)
April 19, 2020 – April 29, 2020 (Tentative) As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) begins the first year of their new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration… Read more »
St. Paul Island Spring Visit 2020 (Tentative)
April 30, 2020 – May 12, 2020 (Tentative) In partnership with Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI, supported by ANEP and CBSFA) and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) the WAYK… Read more »
Anchorage ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Training
February 24, 2020 – February 28, 2020 As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) begins the first year of their new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for… Read more »
Atka Winter Visit 2019
December 12, 2019 – December 23, 2019 As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) begins the first year of their new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for… Read more »
St. Paul Island Winter Visit 2019
November 26, 2019 – December 12, 2019 In partnership with Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI, supported by ANEP and CBSFA) and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) the WAYK team… Read more »
Anchorage Winter Visit 2019
December 23, 2019 – January 4, 2019 As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) begins the first year of their new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for… Read more »
Kodiak Annual Visit 2019
October 19, 2019 – November 2, 2019 WAYK will return to Kodiak for another annual visit from October 19th-November 2nd, 2019. The WAYK team will visit with the Tamamta Liitukut… Read more »
Anchorage Spring Visit 2019
April 18 – May 2, 2019 As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) continues their ongoing Unangam Tunuu revitalization project, members of the WAYK team will travel to Anchorage for 14 days… Read more »
What Makes You Full?
The “What makes you full?” activity is invaluable for a group that will be working closely for a period of time. Past intern Robyn introduced it to Evan and Susanna,… Read more »
Why Non-Indigenous Alaskans Need to Care about Indigenous Languages
Note from Myles: This post is directed towards Alaskan readers of the WAYK blog. In 2014, 20 Indigenous languages were made official languages of the State of Alaska. For many… Read more »
Anchorage Winter Visit 2018
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… Read more »
Atka Winter Visit 2018
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… Read more »
St. Paul Island Winter Visit 2018
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… Read more »
The Unangam Tunuu Speaking Listening Teaching Team
I would like to give a shout out to the Unangam Tunuu Speaking Listening Teaching Team (UTSLT) on St. Paul Island. 2017 was WAYK’s third year partnering with the Aleut… Read more »
The Best Part of My WAYK Experience
When I sat down to write my blog reflecting on the summer of 2016, I knew it would be a difficult blog to write. I have never been someone who… Read more »
What it’s like to spend the summer with WAYK
One way to describe a summer with WAYK is that it provides the on-the-ground work experience that should be part of any training in language revitalization and documentation. In this… Read more »
What it is Like To Be an Intern For WAYK
With any intensive experience, there will be moments that really appeal to you and others that probably appeal to you less so. As a reflection of my time here this… Read more »
What it’s like to be a WAYK summer intern
I joined WAYK for the 2017 Summer Language Intensive on St. Paul Island, Alaska, because I wanted to learn more about the techniques involved and to learn more about approaches… Read more »