A New Opportunity for Language Apprentices
The WAYK team is excited to share a new opportunity to participate in our Summer Language Intensive (SLI) project. From 2011 through 2019, the WAYK team offered summer internship opportunities… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Summer Intensive
Announcing WAYK’s 2026 Summer Language Intensive in Port Hardy, BC
The WAYK team is excited to announce our next summer project. In 2026, our Summer Language Intensive will take place in Port Hardy, British Columbia. We will be continuing our… Read more »
WAYK 2026 Summer Language Intensive
In 2026, our Summer Language Intensive will take place in Port Hardy, British Columbia. We will be continuing our partnership with “the Treehouse” Language Program at the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations on… Read more »
2023 Bak̕wa̱mk̓ala Summer Language Intensive
The WAYK team is excited to spend the summer in Port Hardy, B.C at the Treehouse with the Bak̕wa̱mk̓ala Language Immersion Program for a Summer Language Intensive in 2023. Over… Read more »
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 »
Tsleil-Waututh Nation Lesson Writing Intensive 2020 (Rescheduled and Expanded)
Original Dates: April 20, 2020 – June 12, 2020 New Dates: April 27-August 21, 2020 This spring, in preparation for the 2020 Summer Language Intensive, the WAYK team will spend… Read more »
WAYK 2020 Summer Language Intensive
June 26, 2020 – August 23, 2020 This summer, the WAYK team will live in the Vancouver area and work with a team of local speakers and learners. The team… Read more »
Summer Intensive Expectations: 2020 Update
Here you will find the 2020 Summer Intensive expectations for WAYK team members who will be joining the project at Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver, BC. We want to be… Read more »
WAYK Summer Intensive Schedule: 2020 Update
It can be hard to imagine what a language revitalization summer looks like, but working to keep a language vital is a full-time endeavor. Here’s an updated look at what… Read more »
WAYK Summer Team Frequently Asked Questions: 2020 Update
We’ve put together a list of some of the most common questions we get about WAYK Summer Language Intensive projects and the internship/volunteer positions we offer. We hope that anyone… Read more »
Call for WAYK 2020 Summer Team!
This summer, we are once again fortunate to offer summer positions on the WAYK team during the 2020 Summer Language Intensive. These positions are sponsored by our host community, Tsleil-Waututh… Read more »
Announcing WAYK’s 2020 Summer Intensive: North Vancouver, British Columbia!
WAYK is very excited to announce—after months (and years!) of planning with the host community—that our 2020 Summer Intensive will once again take place in North Vancouver, British Columbia! This… Read more »
Meet the 2019 Summer Language Intensive Team
We are delighted to welcome 4 new team members to the 2019 Summer Language Intensive in North Vancouver, British Columbia. These visitors, and the project as a whole, are able… 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 »
The Ultimate Turkish Hunting Kit
The challenge of designing the ultimate Turkish hunting kit has captured the obsessive part of my brain for the last week. What is a “hunting kit,” you ask? It’s a… Read more »
Hiking Trip & Interview with Marjorie
When I first learned about Where Are Your Keys, and that they offer summer internships in Unangax̂ Territory, I was really excited. I am an Unangax̂ that grew up away from… Read more »
Hunting Quechua in Alaska
It’s about time that I shared one of my big plusses from my 2017 Summer Intensive experience: “hunting” Quechua, thanks to Rachel Sprouse. It makes learning to hunt a lot more real for me… Read more »
Technique: Mumble
Technique: Mumble In the movie Finding Nemo an adventurous young fish wishes to break free from the strict world his father constructed under the reef. During a school field trip,… Read more »
Madeline’s Reflections on the Summer
Madeline Snigaroff, who joined the team for the 2018 Summer Intensive in Anchorage sent us this update in November. It’s been four months since I left Anchorage, and I now find myself… Read more »
Cameo Post: Meet Will Monroe (Again!)
Will Monroe, who made a short cameo appearance in Anchorage for the 2018 Summer Intensive wrote about his summer experience in July 2018. Aang, everyone! Will Monroe here, and I’m back in… Read more »