The NWT Language Plan was developed collaboratively, using the results of a 2010 language symposium. Its vision statement reads: "Aboriginal languages are used extensively, on a daily basis, to communicate in NWT homes and communities, as well as within the organizations and agencies providing services to the public." (7) This report counts 1,167 people able to converse in Sahtú Dene Kedǝ, with an age distribution better balanced than some other language communities. For the Sahtú region, a few key challenges are identified: the value parents place on dominant languages, communications and technology (most media are available in English and French), Residential School legacy, different dialects (purism impacting language learning), and collaborating across so many different organizations and people.

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The Government of the Northwest Territories has made this report available on their website: http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/tabled-documents/northwest-territories-aboriginal-languages-plan-shared-responsibility.

Government of the Northwest Territories. Northwest Territories Aboriginal Languages Plan: A Shared Responsibility. Yellowknife, 2010.