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From http://pages.uoregon.edu/nwili/summer-institute/summer-institute-2016

The Northwest Indian Language Institute’s Summer Institute 2016 will take place June 20-30 at the University of Oregon in Eugene. The theme of the 2016 Institute, Speaking Every Day, Everyday Speaking, encourages us to use our languages in our daily lives, in whatever ways we can, whether that is a greeting, a song, a prayer, a conversation, or a full day of Native language only.

2016 classes and events support the theme. The Advocacy class will focus on language nesting and use. The Endangered Languages Learning-Teaching Strategies and “Sleeping” language courses support communities who are restoring languages from older materials to use these languages daily. The Games and Activities teaching methods course highlights fun ways to incorporate language at home and in classrooms. The weekend workshop looks at what Native American stories and literature teach us about using our languages and then, to share our languages using technology. Language and linguistics classes provide the building blocks for Speaking Every Day, Everyday Speaking.

Registration for NILI 2016 is now open. The deadline for scholarship applications is April 1. For full details visit the NILI website at http://pages.uoregon.edu/nwili/summer-institute/summer-institute-2016