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- ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cibola County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ↑ Linthicum, Leslie (March 6, 1995). "Navajos Say County Is Stealing Students". Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico. pp. A1, A3. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.