<div dir="ltr">FYI<div><br></div><div>Max<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Anselmo Villanueva</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:anselmo.villanueva@gmail.com">anselmo.villanueva@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:40 AM<br>Subject: [UWMOSAIC] Oregon Native language institute marks 25th anniversary, gets new funding<br>To: <<a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><b>Oregon Native language institute marks 25th anniversary, gets new funding</b><br><br>By McKayla Lee (Underscore News) August 8, 2022 OPB<br><br><b>Link to article and photos:</b><br><br><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/07/oregon-native-language-institute-marks-25th-anniversary-gets-new-funding/" target="_blank">https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/07/oregon-native-language-institute-marks-25th-anniversary-gets-new-funding/</a><br><br><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://nili.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank">https://nili.uoregon.edu/</a><br><br><b>Staff:</b> <a href="https://nili.uoregon.edu/about/staff/" target="_blank">https://nili.uoregon.edu/about/staff/</a><br><br><b>Acting Director:</b> Robert Elliott <a href="mailto:robert@uoregon.edu" target="_blank">robert@uoregon.edu</a><br><br><b>Contact: </b><br><br>Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI)<br>1629 Moss Street<br>Eugene, Oregon 97403<br>541.346.0730<br>nwili@uoregon@edu<br><br><b>Mission</b><br><br>NILI supports and strengthens language preservation and revitalization efforts. With tribal, academic and community partners, NILI establishes collaborative, on-going projects which meet the specific needs and desires of each language community. Integral to NILI are teacher training, curriculum development, language documentation and appropriate uses in technology. NILI provides outreach services on issues of language endangerment and advocates for language revitalization issues.<br><br><b>The Founding of NILI</b><br><br>The Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI) was created at the University of Oregon (UO) in 1997 as an answer to Oregon, Washington and Idaho tribal requests for Native language teacher training. Ichishkíin language teachers from Warm Springs and the Yakama Nation who had attended the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) were inspired to develop their own institute to address specifically the needs of their critically endangered Pacific Northwest language communities, which began summer 1998. Since then, NILI has become a year-round program serving Native language communities locally, nationally and internationally.<br><br><b>NILI Today</b><br><br>NILI serves the University of Oregon, the Northwest and tribal communities nationwide. It works with tribal partners in many areas including curriculum design, distance learning and materials development while simultaneously meeting the articulated needs of tribal communities. NILI is among a handful of programs that plays a role in attracting, retaining and educating indigenous students at UO. NILI is an established program that directly supports indigenous students and their communities. It meets multiple UO goals. It supports: 1) graduate and undergraduate education; 2) diversity; and 3) external relationships with tribal communities.</div>
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