Jessica Hval, a Cree language teacher at PWK High School

In Fort Smith, said having those options on the phone would be helpful for her students.

There is a lot of work being done to make Cree, Chipewyan, French and English visible in her community, she said, but ensuring the languages are spoken would take things a step further.

"They're not going to see the value in learning their language if it's not in our society and daily life," said Hval.

It's a change Paul Boucher, who teaches Chipewyan at PWK High School, would like to see too.

"With the technology that we have today, we can do almost anything," he said. "It's just a matter of us working together and getting it done so that we have that option."

Reinstate N.W.T. Language Bureau, legislative committee recommends

Personal experience

Gauthier said she's worked for the territorial government in various positions for more than 30 years, and when she hit her 25 year anniversary she asked to receive her long service award in Dene Zhatıé (South Slavey).

"I was asked to get my own translation done," she said.

Gauthier said the person she reached out to did not ask to be paid for the translation work, but she doesn't know if the government would have paid for the service if it was needed.

"This is the type of service that the [Government of the Northwest Territories] provided at that time. I'm not sure how much of an improvement has been made since," she said.

With fewer than 400 speakers, can the Gwich'in language survive?

Gauthier said one of the biggest issues is that government employees don't know what they're supposed to provide in the official languages, or where to turn to get direction.

She experienced that first hand as a government employee.

"We often asked, 'What are we supposed to do when someone comes to us speaking another language, other than English?' To add to this, we didn't know where to take our concerns."

A stop sign in Fort Smith in Cree, Chipewyan, English and French. A pair of Indigenous language teachers in the community agree that work is being done to make the official languages more visible in their community — but more needs to be done. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)

Boucher said the Indigenous languages are "token" languages in the Official Languages Act. They are "below par" when compared to the implementation of English and French and face a "glass ceiling" which he believes needs to change.

"The languages in the North that are … recognized as official languages should be treated the same."

N.W.T. language complaints backlogged for 10 months

Boucher said it's "beautiful" to see how the education and health departments are bringing Indigenous languages into curriculums and services in Fort Smith, but other departments aren't doing the same.

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