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- ↑ Lawrence J. Barkwell, Lyle N. Longclaws and David N. Chartrand, "Status of Métis Children Within the Child Welfare System" ] (1989) 9 Cdn. J. Native Studies 33; https://www.brandonu.ca/Library/CJNS/9.1/metis.pdf Archived 2013-02-16 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 17 October 2008.
- ↑ Pauline Comeau & Aldo Santin, The First Canadians, James Lorimer & Company, Toronto (1995), p. 145.
- ↑ The Law Society of Manitoba Communiqué (January 2008, p. 10).