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- ↑ "Makiawisug | Story of The Little People | The Mohegan Tribe". www.mohegan.nsn.us.
- ↑ "Myth Monday: Granny Squannit (Mohegan and Wampanoag Myth)". newcastle. 21 November 2017.
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