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- 1 2 3 4 "About NALS". MNSU.edu. The Native American Literature Symposium. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ↑ Kelsey, Penelope Myrtle (2008). Tribal Theory in Native American Literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee Writing and Indigenous Worldviews. University of Nebraska Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780803227712.
- ↑ "Past Speakers and Events". MNSU.edu. Native American Literature Symposium. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
