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- ↑ Somby, Liv Inger (1998). Mediagirji[The Media Book] (in Northern Sami). Davvi Girji. pp. 30–31. ISBN 82-7374-355-1.
- ↑ Anti, Anne Berit (8 March 1996). "Sámi nissonbláđđi nissonbeaivái" [Sámi Women's Magazine on Women's Day]. Min Áigi (in Northern Sami). Vol. 4, no. 19. p. 12.
Gába, sámi nissonblđđi[ sic ] vuosttaš nummir boahtá nissonbeaivvi
[The first issue of Gába, a Sámi women's magazine, is coming out on women's day] - ↑ Gaski, Harald and Tr. John Weinstock. "Sámi Culture in the Nordic Countries – Administration, Support, Evaluation". University of Texas. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
