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- ↑ "Our President's Message - Government - Nunatsiavut Government". Nunatsiavut Government. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16.
- ↑ "'A great honour': Johannes Lampe sworn in as Nunatsiavut president | CBC News".
- ↑ "President lays out priorities in first address to the Nunatsiavut Assembly". 7 June 2016.
- ↑ "Unofficial Presidential Election Results". 7 October 2020.
- ↑ "Nunatsiavut President Acclaimed for Another Term". 3 April 2024.
- ↑ "Bringing Them Home: Remains returned to Labrador from Chicago Museum; had been taken as artifacts". June 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Inuit bones from ancestral site to be repatriated". July 21, 2010.
- ↑ "National Inuit org honours return of stolen Nunatsiavut remains". September 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Trapped in a Human Zoo: Nain man retraces steps of Labrador Inuit in documentary | CBC News".
- ↑ "Bringing the Inuit Home - Canada's History".
- ↑ "Shocking history of Inuit trapped in human zoos revealed in documentary. Interview with Maria Tremonte, CBC, The Current".
- ↑ "'Yeah, you can boo': Perry Trimper addresses protesters in Happy Valley-Goose Bay | CBC News".
- ↑ "Unofficial results of the Nunatsiavut General Election. | Nunatsiavut Government". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ↑ "No clear winner yet in Nunatsiavut election".
- ↑ "Nunatsiavut elects new president".
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