Oregon Tribal Language Speaker Series | Siletz

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 Program
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

Nick 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.