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- ↑ Gollegiella at the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Gollegiella at the Swedish Sámi Parliament (in Swedish)
- ↑ "International Linguapax Award - Linguapax". Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme, Québec : Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, retrieved 2020-01-27
- ↑ Official site of Shinmura Izuru Foundation (in Japanese)
- ↑ "Vuoden koltta -palkinto" [Skolt of the Year Award]. saaminuett.fi. Retrieved August 5, 2018.