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Article: Color-blind love: practitioners will be questioned.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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