Intern Introduction: Erin McGarvey
Hi, I’m Erin McGarvey. I am originally from Jordan, a very small town just outside of St. Catharines, Ontario. My school only had about 160 kids and my house… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Alaska
Meet WAYK’s 2016 summer intern team!
When we opened up our application for summer WAYK interns in January, our summer intensive in Atka, AK seemed very far in the future. This year, it is wonderful that… Read more »
Is Any Project Ever “Simple”?
Very early in the summer Evan mentioned to me that there were some Unangam Tunuu books that had been read by speakers but to date no one had figured out… Read more »
What it’s like to be a WAYK Intern
Interning: do anything and everything #forthelanguage! Explaining what it’s like to be a WAYK intern is no easy task. To be perfectly honest, I really had no idea what I… 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 »
Call for WAYK Summer 2016 Interns!
This summer, we are very lucky to again be able to offer three WAYK internship opportunities. These positions are sponsored by our host community (Atka, Alaska) in partnership with APIA… Read more »
Announcing WAYK’s Summer 2016 Intensive: Atka, Alaska!
After many months of preliminary planning with our host community, WAYK is very excited to announce the details of our 2016 Summer Intensive! This summer, the WAYK team will be… Read more »
Alaska Native Heritage Center Introductory WAYK Workshop
This introductory WAYK workshop will focus on techniques that can be used inside and outside of the classroom. The workshop is designed to support the beginning of ANHC’s three-year project… Read more »
Robyn and Casey’s Language Adventure: Part 4 (Cooking in chinuk)
A fun way to practice TQ: Same Conversation is to cook in the language you are hunting. Fun fact about our super organized WAYK house on St. Paul: we have… Read more »
Guest Post: Teresa’s Summer Language Intensive Experience
My name is Teresa Baker, I’m from the Pribilof Islands and I’m going to share with you a bit of my 2015 Summer Language Intensive experience. For about 3 years… Read more »
Guest Post: Linnae’s Summer Language Intensive Experience
Aang, Linnae Kozloff asax̂takuqing. I am from Saint Paul Island, Alaska. I happen to go to Saint Paul school. I am interested in the Unangam Tunuu language project because I… Read more »
Guest Post: Kiana’s Summer Language Intensive Experience
My name is Kiana. I live in Saint Paul Island, Alaska and I go to the Pribilof School. I got involved in the Saint Paul Summer Language Intensive because I… 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: 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 »
Robyn & Casey’s Language Adventure: Part 2
“The only time you are speaking wrong is when you are not speaking at all.” These are the words on a sign up in the Civic Center which is the… 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 »
Sky Hopinka: Why I returned for another WAYK Summer
Working with Evan, David Edwards, and April Charlo at the first WAYK summer program was a great experience. I learned a lot about language revitalization as well as community… 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 »
Julia Stiles: A preview of Kodiak Alutiiq
This past week, I was lucky to have the opportunity to fly up to Alaska and meet the community with which Will and I will be working over… Read more »