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References
- 1 2 3 Peterson, Susan (1998). Pottery by American Indian Women: The Legacy of Generations.
- ↑ Monthan, Guy; Monthan, Doris (1975). Art and Indian Individualists : The Art of Seventeen Contemporary Southwestern Artists and Craftsmen . Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press. p. 138. ISBN 0873581377.
- ↑ Zastrow, Leona (1998). St. James Guide to Native North American Artists. Detroit, MI: St. James Press. p. 375. ISBN 1558622217.
- ↑ "Grace Medicine Flower Pottery - Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe".
- ↑ "Grace Medicine Flower - King Galleries - Scottsdale & Santa Fe".
