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- ↑ "Celebrating 30 Years of Supporting Inuit Artists" (PDF). Inuit Art Foundation. 2017. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ↑ "Imona Natsiapik". National Gallery of Canada . Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ↑ "Narwhal". McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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