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- ↑ Velma Wallis on Native American Authors. Ipl.org. Retrieved on 2012-02-20.
- 1 2 "Voices from the Gaps: Velma Wallis" (PDF). University of Minnesota. 2009. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
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