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References
- ↑ Comata, the Sioux at silentera.com
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893–1993:Comata, the Sioux
- ↑ Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.14 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0-399-50667-5
