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- ↑ "Sask. women are leaders". Canwest. 2008-06-18. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07.
Marie Anne Day Walker was born in Regina on April 15, 1954. She was educated at the Residential School in Lebret and graduated from Fort Qu'Appelle High School. "I'm a residential school survivor, but some good came out of it that I still carry with me today", she told the Fort Qu'Appelle Times.
- 1 2 "First Nations gather to heal". CBC News. 2001-07-24. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
- ↑ "Indian Women". Saskatchewan Indian. March 1989. p. 12. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07.
- ↑ "Regina Leader-Post - Sask. Women are Leaders" . Retrieved 2018-07-10– via PressReader.
- ↑ "2005 the Year of First Nations and Métis Women". SAGE. 2004-12-01. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.
- ↑ "Long-time chief, Saskatoon artist and Fransaskois writer join ranks of Order of Canada". CBC. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ↑ "2021 Saskatchewan Order of Merit Recipients Announced" (Press release). Government of Saskatchewan. October 14, 2021.