NILI
Registration is now full for NILI SI 2023, unless you or your program have already been in touch with us about your participation!
Check out the Summer Offerings here!
We keep a ‘waiting list’ as spots sometimes become available. Please contact us at nwili@uoregon.edu if you would like to be added to the waiting list.
Course Content at Summer Institute
Summer Institute classes will help you support learner and speaker growth across their journeys. The beginners’ track focuses on core Indigenous language teacher skills. The experienced track goes more into depth into some elements of teaching, looking at topics such as self-assessment, developing activities tied to student levels, and building language use throughout the community.
All SI participants will take part in TRaiLS, our discussion series for language revitalization practitioners.
We’ll focus more heavily on course content in the mornings, and in putting that content into practice in the afternoons. Afternoons at Summer Institute will also include dedicated time for sharing and networking.
Our instructor line-up includes Tuwalatin/Gregory Sutterlict (Yakama Nation and Chehalis Tribe; Ichishkíin language) and Regan Anderson (Northwest Indian Language Institute, Ichishkíin/Sahaptin language instructor and researcher) leading our beginner track morning classes.
For our experienced track students, we have Marnie Atkins (Wiyot Tribal Member), Judith Fernandes (Northwest Indian Language Institute), Robert Elliott (Northwest Indian Language Institute) Joana Jansen (Northwest Indian Language Institute), Dr. Jaeci Hall lined up (Tututni / Coquille Indian Tribe), and Paulina Whitehat (Diné; Navajo Nation) with others yet to come.
Stay tuned for more details on course content, additional instructors, and who is teaching what.
Two Teacher Strands
Educators in the beginners track will typically have one year or less of teaching in the classroom. Those in the experienced track will, conversely, typically have a year or more. There may be some exceptions, depending on how intensive an educator’s experience may or may not have been in a given year or more.
If you are uncertain what track you best fit in, please reach out to us at nwili@uoregon.edu or 541-346-0730. We’ll be happy to work with you to find your best place!
| Beginner Track | Experienced Track | |
| 8:30 – 11: 30 AM |
Morning Content For Beginning Teachers |
Morning Content For Experienced Teachers |
| 12:30 – 1:45 PM |
TRaiLS Afternoon Practicum Full Group Sharing |
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| 2:00 – 4:00 PM | ||
| 4:00 – 5:00 PM | ||
Costs and Housing
Summer Institute Costs
| Regular Adult Participation | $1150 per person plus room and board fees (listed below) |
| Elders | We will have limited partial sponsorships for elders who could otherwise not attend and will ask people to contact us about those once registration is open |
UO Housing Costs
These costs are for participants staying in UO housing, for 6 nights (arrive Sunday, leave Saturday). They include three meals a day, towels, bedding, private bath.
| Single Occupancy (Sunday June 25 – Saturday July 1) |
$639 per person ($106.50/night) |
| Double Occupancy (shared room) (Sunday June 25 – Saturday July 1) |
$537 per person ($89.50/nights) *must provide roommate’s name both must stay/pay for 6 nights |
Parking Costs
| Overnight permit (for people staying in the dorms and parking on campus) |
$45 |
| Daytime permit | $40 |
Total Costs
For a person attending, staying in the dorm in a single room for 6 nights, and parking on campus costs are: $1150+$639+$45 = $1834
