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- ↑ IAQ. "10 Artists Longlisted for 2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award". Inuit Art Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ↑ "Manasie Akpaliapik". www.collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ↑ "Female Drum Dancer - Art Gallery of Ontario". Art Gallery of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Quebec City fine arts museum highlights work of Inuk sculptor in new exhibit". CBC . 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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