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- 1 2 Forsyth, Janice; Lodge-Gagné, Vanessa; Giles, Audrey (2017-02-21). "Negotiating Difference: How Aboriginal Athletes in the Maritimes Brokered their Involvement in Canadian Sport". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 33 (16): 1943–1962. doi:10.1080/09523367.2017.1291504. S2CID 151399423.
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- ↑ Forsyth, Janice Margaret, 1971- (2005). The power to define : a history of the Tom Longboat Awards, 1951-2001. Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Western Ontario. OCLC 1069457756.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Lodge, Vanessa (2012-02-15). Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Tom Longboat Award Recipients' Experiences in Sport in the Maritimes. OCLC 811827185.