The Northwest Indian Language Institute (NILI) provides Native language teachers and community members with training in language teaching, materials and curriculum development, benchmarks creation, and linguistics. With tribal partners, NILI supports and strengthens language preservation efforts by establishing collaborative, on-going projects which meet the specific needs and desires of each language community.

NILI Announcements

NILI Summer Institute 2013: Weeks 1 & 2, June 17-June 28; Week 3 June 28-July 2, 2013

NILI Summer / Fall 2012 Newsletter: read our newsletter and see what NILI has been doing.

NILI Summer Institute 2013 Scholarship: UPDATE: The scholarship applications have due date has been extended to April 30, 2013.