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References
- ↑ 2004 Nunavut election report at CBC
- ↑ "Nunavut MLAs put Arreak in cabinet, Okalik in speaker’s chair." Nunatsiaq News. November 4, 2010
- ↑ James Arreak as mayor in 1982
