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Betty Harnum

Betty Harnum was the N.W.T.'s first languages commissioner. She has lived in the North for 43 years and currently resides in Yellowknife.

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    Justin Trudeau's proposed Indigenous languages act will need teeth to succeed

    The Northwest Territories has 11 official languages — nine of them Indigenous. Despite legal measures to protect them, Indigenous languages in the N.W.T., like elsewhere in Canada, are declining at an alarming rate.
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