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This study examines the use of aboriginal traditional knowledge in public government programs and services in the Northwest Territories, in accordance with the Government of the Northwest Territories' (GNWT) traditional knowledge policy. The process leading up the the policy's introduction is traced, with a description of the processes and Report of the Traditional Knowledge Working Group, and the GNWT response to the group's report. The scope and extent of the policy's implementation within government is assessed within and between two government departments, based on research within each: the Departments of Health and Social Services, and Renewable Resources. Interviews with representatives of aboriginal organizations and stakeholders were also conducted. The research findings and theories of development, including dependency and colonialism, and the rational-legal theory of public administration contribute to a better understanding of factors facilitating and obstructing the policy's implementation within government.'