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- ↑ "About the Eugene Rogers Environmental Award". wildernesscommittee.org. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ Daybreak Kamloops (20 April 2015). "Marilyn Baptiste receives prestigious $175K Goldman Prize". CBC News. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ "Marilyn Baptiste. 2015 Goldman Prize Recipient North America". goldmanprize.org. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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