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- ↑ Canada. Parliament (1989). Guide Parlementaire Canadien. Gale Canada. ISSN 0315-6168 . Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ↑ Yukon Votes 2006: Vuntut Gwitchin. cbc.ca.
- 1 2 Goldman Environmental Prize: Norma Kassi Archived 2007-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 29, 2007)
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