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- ↑ FREELANG Ojibwe-English-Ojibwe online dictionary, Yellow Quill (SK) - Ozaawiigwanong https://www.freelang.net/online/ojibwe.php?lg=gb
- ↑ "First Nation Profiles". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ↑ "Yellow Quill First Nation - Yellow Quill First Nations Projects". Archived from the original on 2014-12-02.