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- ↑ "AANDC (Wahpeton Dakota Nation)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Sturgeon Lake First Nation)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (James Smith )". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Montreal Lake)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Lac La Ronge)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Cumberland House Cree Nation)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Shoal Lake Cree Nation)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Red Earth)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Hatchet Lake)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Black Lake)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "AANDC (Fond du Lac)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
