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- 1 2 "Joanne Jackson Johnson". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- 1 2 Lyon, Joyce (1984). "Metaphors Metamorphs & Just Pictures" (PDF). www.umanitoba.ca. University of Manitoba. p. 16. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Recent Acquisitions: Kangirsuk (Payne Bay), Nunavik (QC) May 1982, 1982". Winnipeg Art Gallery. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
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