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- ↑ Alaska Blue Book. Division of State Libraries and Museums. 1991.
- ↑ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Ivan M. Ivan". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ↑ "Yupiks Sue State Over New Redistricting Plan". Daily Sitka Sentinel. July 22, 1992. p. 1. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- 1 2 "100 Years of Alaska's Legislature".
- ↑ "Allegations on Both Sides in Akiak Banishment". 24 August 2017.
