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- ↑ "HANSARD Official Report Day 20 Wednesday, March 22, 2000" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- 1 2 "Uriash Puqiqnak Order of Canada biography". Governor General of Canada . Retrieved September 27, 2007.
- ↑ Keeping our Stories Alive: The Sculpture of Canada's Inuit, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1993
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|people=ignored (help) - 1 2 "Nunavut Votes 2004 Nattilik profile". CBC News. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
- ↑ Patrica Bell (March 21, 2003). "Government ignores problem of fake Inuit art: MLA". CBC News . Retrieved September 27, 2007.