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- ↑ "New Book Addresses Traditional, Indigenous Healing Practices". UA News. 24 January 2017.
- ↑ Mace, Mikayla (10 March 2019). "Tucson's Dunbar project earns $100,000 grant for health, well-being programming". tucson.com.
- ↑ "Patrisia Gonzales". The Progressive Magazine. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ↑ Herreras, Mari (29 October 2014). "Tonight: Red Medicine and Our Sacred Maiz is Our Mother". Tucson Weekly.
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