Editing Gwichʼin language (section)

=== Language preservation and documentation ===
In 1988, the [[Official Languages Act (Northwest Territories)|NWT Official Languages Act]] named Gwich'in an official language of the Northwest Territories, and the Official Languages of Alaska Law as amended declared Gwich'in a recognized language in 2014.<ref name=":0" />

The Gwich'in language is taught regularly at the Chief Zzeh Gittlit School in Old Crow, Yukon.<ref name=":2" />

Projects are underway to further [[Language documentation|document the language]] from a [[Linguistics|linguistic]] standpoint, and foster the writing and translation skills of younger Gwich'in speakers. In one project, lead research associate and fluent speaker Gwichʼin elder Kenneth Frank works with linguists and young Gwich'in speakers affiliated with the [[Alaska Native Language Center]] at the [[University of Alaska system|University of Alaska]] in [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] to document traditional knowledge of caribou anatomy (Mishler and Frank 2020).<ref name="Linguistics_2014">{{cite magazine |last1=Mishler |first1=Craig |date=Fall 2014 |editor1-last=Turner-Bogren |editor1-first=Betsy |editor2-last=Fahnestock |editor2-first=Judy |editor3-last=Wiggins |editor3-first=Helen |title=Linguistic Team Studies Caribou Anatomy |url=https://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2014/3/article/22797 |access-date=12 July 2022 |department=Arctic Social Sciences Program |magazine=Witness the Arctic |publisher=Arctic Research Consortium of the United States |location=Fairbanks, AK |pages=12–16 |volume=18 |issue=3}}</ref>