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Dedicated to our
Founding Foremothers." Dempsey and Millan released "Lesbian National Parks and Services Field Guide to North America: Flora, Fauna & Survival Skills" in 2002. Dempsy and Millan performed a tour of duty in 2008 as a part of the Land Matters series at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.
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