This report covers the period of January 1st to March 31st, 1983. It documents accessions, including cassette recordings (many of interviews with Dene and English summaries), photographs, printed materials, and artifacts. The research team also recorded numerous place names in locations such as Fort Smith and Colville Lake. Keren Rice and Lucy Ann Yakaleya ran a workshop in Dene language and translations from February 7 to 18 for the research project team. The group was, at the time of writing, preparing to transition to curriculum development and gathering information about appropriate language teaching pedagogy. They also developed partnerships with the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center and other organizations to pursue professional development and contribute to language and placename documentation.

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This document is accessible from the NWT Archives.

NWT archives accession no. 2007-14  (Cynthia Chambers Collection). 

Dene Community Council. Final Report: Dene Language/Historical Research Project. Fort Good Hope: NWT Department of Education, 1983.