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- ↑ William Noah Archived 2016-04-03 at the Wayback Machine at Inuit Art Alive
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Nasby, Judith; Noah, William; Jackson, Marion E.; Millar, Peter (1998), "Qamanittuaq (Where the River Widens): Drawings by Baker Lake Artists From the Collection of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre", Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Exhibition catalogue, Guelph, archived from the original on 13 January 2015, retrieved 13 January 2015
- ↑ Mahon, Patrick. "Excerpts from the Drawn like Money Series". Highbeam Research. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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