| . |
Search for location "Yukon"
| date |
event |
locations |
tags |
see also |
| 1954. 18 Aug - 6 Oct |
Marjorie Wheeler of Chicago arrived in the Yukon but found it necessary to leave on the 6th of October because of her mother's ill health. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] |
Yukon |
Pioneering, Yukon; Marjorie Wheeler |
|
| 1954. 17 Sep - 6 Nov |
Rex King from Tucson, Arizona arrived in the Yukon and stayed until the 6th of November. He also made two brief visits in April and May of 1955. He made the first Bahá'í radio broadcasts in the Yukon. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] |
Yukon |
Pioneering, Yukon; Rex King; Radio broadcasts |
|
| 1954. 1 Oct |
Auxiliary Board Member Florence Mayberry launched the first weekly fireside effort and the first public meeting when she returned in October, 1956. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] |
Yukon |
Florence Mayberry; Auxiliary Board Member |
|
| 1955. 17 Feb |
Robin Fowler became the first person to declare his Faith in the Yukon. [CBN No63 Apr 1955 p1; CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] |
Yukon |
Robin Fowler |
|
| 1955. 23 Feb - 21 Oct |
Roy and Jean Ziegler of Vancouver pioneered to the Yukon. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] |
Yukon |
Pioneering, Yukon; Roy Ziegler; Joan Ziegler |
|
| 1955. 17 Sep - 15 Mar 1958 |
Vicki Rusk of Calgary pioneered to the Yukon. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] |
Yukon |
Pioneering, Yukon; Vicki Rusk |
|
| 1956. (In the year_ |
With the growing number of Bahá'ís in the Yukon they were able to send their first delegates to the National Convention. Three of the six delegates elected at the first Yukon Bahá'í Convention were Native: Annie Drugan (later Auston), Shirley Lindstrom and Liz Jackson.
[Native Conversion, Native Identity: An Oral History of the Bahá'í Faith among First Nations People in the Southern Central Yukon Territory, Canada by Carolyn Patterson Sawin p98] |
Yukon |
|
|
| 1962. Mar |
Doris McLean, sister of Shirley Lindstrom, became a Bahá'í. One month later she and her cousin moved to Sitka Alaska to help form the first local assembly there. [Native Conversion, Native Identity: An Oral History of the Bahá'í Faith among First Nations People in the Southern Central Yukon Territory, Canada by Carolyn Patterson Sawin p91-92] |
Yukon |
Doris McLean |
|
from the Main Catalogue
- New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling, by Lynn Echevarria-Howe, in Northern Review, 29 (2008). On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá’ís: how do people put together stories to construct their contemporary Bahá’í identity? [about]
See all locations, sorted numerically or alphabetically.
See all tags, sorted numerically or alphabetically.
- Locations are simplified spellings used to find documents on a similar topic but with various titles.
- Searches match parts of a location: searching for state will also show United States.
- 1- and 2-letter words will not be searched.
- Please contact us if you can help add locations.
|
|
. |
