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- ↑ "Nunavut Votes 2004 Kugluktuk Profile". CBC News. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ↑ "Kitikmeot Inuit Association". PolarNet. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ↑ Donald Havioyak (May 17, 2001). "Hansard: Members Statement". Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
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