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- ↑ Deadly Lady Triumvirate. Calgary: The New Gallery Press. 2014. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-895284-15-7.
- ↑ Kristy Trinier (2016). "Brittney Bear Hat and Richelle Bear Hat: Little Cree Women (Sisters, Secrets and Stories)". Art Gallery of Alberta. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ↑ "In the shadows of the individual". The Banff Centre. 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ "Horse Camp". AKA Artist Run. 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ Kristy Trinier, ed. (2015). Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art. Edmonton, AB: Art Gallery of Alberta. p. 34. ISBN 978-1771790093.
