Sask. waiter learning Cree to bridge barriers with Indigenous customers [Video]

A waiter in Prince Albert, Sask., is going above and beyond his duties by learning the Cree language to speak with Indigenous customers.

It all started when Adam Rieger was finding it hard to break the ice with Indigenous customers at the Smitty’s restaurant where he works.

Rieger noticed that many of the customers who came in from the surrounding Northern communities were speaking Cree. He wanted to find a way to bridge that cultural gap.

WATCH | Sask. waiter using Cree language to connect with customers: Adam Rieger noticed that many of the customers who came into the Smitty’s he works at in Prince Albert, Sask., from the surrounding Northern communities were speaking Cree. He wanted to find a way to bridge that cultural gap.

He remembered how, when he was living in Edmonton, his French-speaking customers loved the fact that he was learning French.

“The French community just …