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 »
Posts Tagged: Intern
Robyn and Casey’s Language Adventure: Part S.E.A.L.
The hardest part of hunting Chinuk is easily the most rewarding at the same time – much like the three mile “marathon” going on next week that Sky has convinced… 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 »
Robyn & Casey’s Language Adventure: Part 1
When we signed up to be interns with WAYK we really had no idea what we were actually getting ourselves into…in a good way. It’s next to impossible to explain… Read more »
Intern Introduction: Casey Boyette
I’m starting my third year at the University of Virginia this fall, where I major in linguistics, which is how I ended up applying to work on this summer intensive…. Read more »
Intern Introduction: Robyn Giffen
I am originally from Calgary, Alberta, but have been in Kelowna, BC for the past 6 years completing two degrees. I very recently (as in the week before I left… Read more »
Meet the WAYK 2015 St. Paul Island Summer Language Intensive interns!
Our search for summer interns for our St. Paul summer project began in early February, when we opened applications for three WAYK interns sponsored by the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association…. Read more »
Call for WAYK Summer 2015 Interns!
This summer, we are excited to offer three WAYK internship positions that will be sponsored by our host community of St. Paul Island, Alaska through APIA and ACSPI. Participating in… Read more »
WAYK Summer Intern Expectations
What you can expect as an intern: You will learn how to use WAYK. One of the main purposes of the WAYK Summer Intensive is to provide a comprehensive training… Read more »
Why You Should Intern for WAYK! by Julia
1) You’ll meet cool people. If you want to get to know really awesome people, working on language revitalization projects is a great place to meet them. Together with my… 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 »
Will Monroe: Summer Intern
Cama’i, everyone! My name’s Will, and I’m the newest addition to the Where Are Your Keys intern crowd. I’m in Kodiak with Julia, working with the Alutiiq language community. This… Read more »
What “Where Are Your Keys?” Did for Me.
After spending 5 weeks with Evan, while he was working with my language community, the opportunity came up. Evan asked me if I would like to go with him to… Read more »
Meet Melissa
Blog 1: What did WAYK at PSU give you? I was a Senior at Portland State University in my second to last term when I decided to attend a Chinuk… Read more »
WAYK Travelogue: Sky and David in China – Part 1
Since July 8th, David Edwards and Sky Hopinka have been in Beijing for a WAYK partnership with a student run NGO called BEAM (Bridging Education and Mobility.) BEAM’s mission is:… Read more »
Miguel San Pedro: What’s Been Going On
Oregon’s been treating me well lately, and I’ve been approaching this summer with a lot of wonder. Here’s what I’ve been up to the past several weeks so you… Read more »
WAYK Welcomes an Intern, Miguel San Pedro
Hi, everyone! My name’s Miguel, and I’m one of the Where Are Your Keys? (WAYK) interns this summer. I’ve been in the beautiful state of Oregon since Monday, June 25,… Read more »
Status Report: Chinuk Wawa Language Nights in Portland
In this blog post, Sky Hopinka tells about his experiences so far with the Chinuk Wawa group at Portland State University. For the past eight weeks now, the Chinuk Wawa… Read more »
The Kalispel/Flathead Trip Report
Here’s an account of our recent trip to the Flathead Reservation by our very own April Charlo. Also, expect more podcasts and blog posts to come soon, we’ve been very… Read more »
2011 Summer Institute of Play!
Welcome to the Where Are Your Keys? 2011 Summer Institute of Play! This summer the WAYK interns and I have been living and breathing “Where Are Your Keys”. We have… Read more »