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- ↑ "Chairman of Crow tribe resigns". Associated Press Billings Gazette. 2002-09-08. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ↑ "Chief Plenty Coups State Park Attractions Continued" . Retrieved 2013-01-17.
