Introduction to Basic Gwich’in Workshop
Sam Alexander quizzes students at the “Introduction to Basic Gwich’in” workshop.
News & Updates
Pig’s heads, model cars and lasers! Investigating STEM
Students at the Fort Yukon School got to participate in two days of STEM related activities thanks to volunteers Geneva Mottet and Michael Martins (from UAF). On day one, elementary classes learned about engineering principals and physics. Students designed model cars and built prototypes. On the second day, high school and middle school students were …
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YFILRI featured on HBO’s “Vice News Tonight”
The Yukon Flats Indigenous Language Revitalization Institute is featured on HBO’s “Vice.”
Language Workshop Facilitated by Indigenous Language Institute
During the week of August 12-16, 10 people representing the CATG region and the Fairbanks Native Association Language Program participated in a curriculum and language development workshop facilitated by the Indigenous Language Institute (from Santa Fe, NM). This week long workshop featured training on the creation of curriculum materials for the instruction of indigenous languages.
First YGS GED Recipient
Congratulations are extended to Ryan Christian of Venetie for his successful completion of the GED requirements! Ryan completed his final GED exam with The Literacy Council of Alaska during the week of July 30th. Ryan participated in two GED preparation workshops hosted by YGS. His testing fees and travel were provided by the YGS grant. …
Students attend ASRA
Fort Yukon middle school students attend the annual Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
STEM Day in Fort Yukon
On April 18, 2019, the YGS program and the Fort Yukon School in partnership with the UAF Geophysical Institute, hosted a full day of STEM activities.
Venetie Students attend Space Center University in Houston
Cedric and his team work on thermal shielding
STEM Exploration Day in Fort Yukon
We are excited to announce that we are partnering with the UAF Geophysical Institute and the Fort Yukon School to offer a full day of STEM activities on Thursday, April 18, 2019! We anticipate a full day of STEM related hands on projects and presentations to take place at the school for 1st-12th grade students. …
Events in the Works
We are busy planning a number of upcoming workshops/courses/events. GED/CTE Courses In January we offered a two-day workshop for adults interested in obtaining their GED. Barrie Greenfield with the Literacy Council of Alaska visited Fort Yukon at the end of the month to help students prepare for the GED exam (which consists of 4 tests). …
