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| 1961 8 Jul |
The Custodians announced that mass conversion had begun in Ceylon, Central and East Africa, and Bolivia, while in Canada native peoples had begun to enter the Faith. [MoC293] |
Sri Lanka; Africa; Bolivia; Canada |
Custodians; Mass conversion; Native Americans; First Nations |
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| 1994 (Summer) |
A Maoris teaching team visited British Columbia. The visit was reciprocated by The Journey of Teech-ma, the First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific. See entry for 24 March, 1997. [SDSC370] |
British Columbia; Canada; Australia; New Zealand |
First Nations; Maoris; Indigenous people; Travel teaching |
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| 1997. 24 Mar - 16 May |
The nine member First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific, called "The Journey of Teech-ma" consisted of Canadian Bahá'ís from Kwakiutl, Nuu-Cha-Nuth, the Ojibway First Nations, a Yupik Bahá'í from Alaska and three non-Native Canadian friends. They shared their culture and their Faith with the Maori, other New Zealanders, the Aborigines and other Australians as well as the ne-Vanuatu peoples. See entry for 1994 (Summer). [SDSC370] |
New Zealand; Australia; Vanuatu; Canada |
First Nations; Travel Teaching; Pacific; Maoris; Aboriginal people; Indigenous people |
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| 2007 Aug-Sep |
In memory of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and because the Native people had such a special place in her heart and that of the Guardian, Violette and 'Ali Nakhjanání travelled throughout North America during the months of August and September visiting aboriginal believers. They visited Vancouver, Anchorage, Juneau before going to South Dakota, Montana, Arizona and Atlanta, Georgia where they spoke with 450 African-American believers. They visited the temple in Wilmette and then the Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia.
The primary purpose of their visit was to meet with and encourage the aboriginal believers and to remind the of their responsibility and high destiny in the Faith. [CBN Vol 20 No 3 Winter 2007/2008 p23-25] |
First Nations; Vancouver; Anchorage; Juneau; Canada; South Dakota; Montana; Arizona; Atlanta; Wilmette; United States |
Violette Nakhjavani; Ali Nakhjavani; Teaching; Indigenous people; Native Americans |
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| 1958. Mar |
Allan Prairie Chicken (Otakkoyiisaapo'p) was the first Backfoot to declare his faith on the Pikuni First Nations (Peigan Reserve) in March, 1958. [IndigenousBahais.com] |
Pikuni First Nations |
Allan Prairie Chicken; Otakkoyiisaapop |
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| 1989. 22 Aug |
The passing of Sam Bald Eagle Augustine, (Sam Gitpu), (b. Big Cove, New Brunswick on November 3, 1923) a member of the Mi'Kmaq First Nations.
While enduring a lengthy illness he made a series of recordings called “Talks from the Heart”which he hoped would spread the Message of Baha’u’llah, not only to other Native people, but to the world. [IndigenousBahais.com]
Some of his talks from, Bahá'í Talks from the Hearts can be heard at Welcome Bahá'í MP3.
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MiKmaq First Nations; Big Cove, NB |
Sam Bald Eagle Augustine; In Memoriam; Sam Gitpu |
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| 1994 (Summer) |
A Maoris teaching team visited British Columbia, Canada. The visit was reciprocated by The Journey of Teech-ma, the First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific. See entry for 24 March, 1997. [SDSC370] |
British Columbia; Canada |
First Nations; Maoris; Indigenous people; Travel teaching |
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| 1997. 24 Mar - 16 May |
The nine member First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific, called "The Journey of Teech-ma" consisted of Canadian Bahá'ís from Kwakiutl, Nuu-Cha-Nuth, the Ojibway First Nations, a Yupik Bahá'í from Alaska and three non-Native Canadian friends. They shared their culture and their Faith with the Maori, other New Zealanders, the Aborigines and other Australians as well as the ne-Vanuatu peoples. See entry for 1994 (Summer). [SDSC370] |
New Zealand; Australia; Vanuatu; Canada |
First Nations; Travel Teaching; Pacific; Maoris; Aboriginal people; Indigenous people |
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from the main catalogue
- Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere, by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum (1969). An overview of the Bahá'í Faith, written to the native Inuit and First Nations peoples of North America. [about]
- Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A, by Patricia Verge, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 26:3 (2016). On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Bahá'ís; pioneering to the Nakoda community; and the importance of learning, listening, and personal transformation. [about]
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