In honor of the UN’s International Mother Language Day, we’re highlighting the UO’s Northwest Indian Language Institute, known on campus as NILI. NILI was created in 1997 to serve tribal language programs and support linguistics research at the UO, especially in the area of language documentation, preservation and revitalization. Now a part of the School of Global Studies and Languages in the College of Arts and Sciences, NILI serves Northwest tribal communities through the annual NILI Summer Institute, which brings participants from the Pacific Northwest and beyond to campus to study indigenous languages and learn about language advocacy and revitalization. #MotherLanguageDay #InternationalMotherLanguageDay