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- ↑ "Oklahoma University School of Music Announces Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate as 2023 Composer-in-Residence". Native Oklahoma. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
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- ↑ "Faculty and Staff" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine , Music Dept., Oklahoma City University
