Tuesday February 17th 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Location Native American Student & Community Center Cost / Admission Free and Open to All Contact modestam@pdx.edu Share Facebook Twitter Add to Google Calendar Portland State University is honored to host the Oregon Tribal Language Speaker Series. Our tribal partners will present their language program’s history, revitalization efforts, and future projects. Siletz Tribal Language ProgramConfederated Tribes of Siletz IndiansNick Viles is a Siletz Tribal Member who currently works as a language teacher for the Siletz Tribal Language Program. He is a second language learner who has been involved in revitalizing his ancestral language, Nuu-wee-ya’ (Oregon Dené/Oregon Athabaskan) for over 20 years. The Siletz Tribal Language Program currently offers three-levels of weekly community classes on-line, monthly in-person instruction, supports language instruction for high school students at the Siletz Valley School, as well as Head Start classrooms. arts, culture & entertainment community diversity and multiculturalism lectures & guest speakers