3. Nunatsiaq News / Kenn Harper — “Taissumani: May 29, 1983 — The Death of Ada Blackjack” (nunatsiaq.com, 2006). Source for: Noice blaming Ada for Knight’s death, press vilification, Knight’s father public defense, Ada’s remarriage, later life “constant struggle against grief, poverty and illness,” death Palmer Alaska 1983, Alaska Legislature citation timing.
4. Nunatsiaq News / Kenn Harper — “Taissumani, March 24” (nunatsiaq.com). Source for: Stefansson self-promoter characterization, failed resupply summer 1922, three men lost on ice, Knight scurvy death.
5. Atlas Obscura — “Ada Blackjack, Arctic Survivor” (atlasobscura.com). Source for: Jack Blackjack desertion details, walk 40 miles to Nome, Silver Wave ship name, Victoria (Vic) cat, one-year contract frame, mental health crisis / Arctic hysteria reference, food withheld / flagpole incident, typed messages for rescuers, first skin boat lost in storm, second boat canvas/driftwood, rescue crew assessment she could have survived another year, “Female Robinson Crusoe” press coverage.
6. Infinite Women — “Ada Blackjack” (infinite-women.com). Source for: Noice lawyer selling exclusive rights for $3,000, Noice instructed crew/Ada not to speak to press, Noice took diary/photos/papers without consent, removed pages and blacked out sections, blamed Ada for mutilations, 1924 article accusations (refused traps, feigned shooting inability, marriage proposal rejection), Noice’s wife Fanny pushed him to publicize, February 26 1924 LA Times interview over 5 days, Stefansson forcing Noice retraction, included in 1925 Adventure of Wrangel Island, Stefansson protecting own reputation, expedition salary plus small fur payment = total compensation.
7. Dartmouth College Library / course-exhibits — “After Knight’s Death” (course-exhibits.library.dartmouth.edu). Source for: John Knight’s “warm feelings” toward Ada, Knight’s diary records hunting attempts, Noice allegations about refusing traps and rifle, Noice 1924 article accusing her after rejecting marriage proposal, John Knight calling allegations “cruel and unfounded,” Ada’s weight 90 lbs contradicting Noice “well and fat” claim.