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Tag "Native Americans"

tag name: Native Americans type: General
web link: Native_Americans
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
related tags: - First Nations, Canada; - Indigenous people
referring tags: - Native American messengers; Athabascan people; Iroquois; Native American Bahá'í Institute; Native Friendship Centre; Navajo people; Pow-Wow

"Native Americans" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (58 results; expand)

  1. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians (1956). — Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada, the 19...
  2. Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Prophecy (2019). — Slide-show overview of ‘Abdu’l-Baha's prophecy "these Indians will enlighten the whole world."
  3. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  4. Chelsea Horton. All is One: Becoming Indigenous and Bahá'í in Global North America (2013-08). — Native-American identity, conversion, and community, as viewed through the lens of the Baha'i Faith....
  5. Littlebrave Beaston, comp. American Indians and the Bahá'í Faith: Ten-Part Comprehensive Bibliography (2017). — An extensive bibliography about references to Native Americans in Baha’i sacred writings, in writi...
  6. Christopher Buck. Bahá'í Universalism and Native Prophets (2002). — Explores the possibility of including other great religious figures in the Baha'i category of "Manif...
  7. Donald Addison, Christopher Buck. Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Badi'u'llah: Parallels to Bahá'í Teachings by Native American Messengers of God (2007). — Compilation of writings from Native American traditions and analogous texts from Baha'i scripture.
  8. Chelsea Horton. Beyond Red Power: The Alternative Activism of Dorothy Maquabeak Francis (2004). — Aboriginal activism of the 1960s-1970s, which promoted native spirituality and culture, fostered cro...
  9. Chelsea Horton. Building Intercultural Community: Insights from Indigenous Bahá'í History (2016). — Bridging Baha'i communities with Indigenous populations in Canada and the United States was not easy...
  10. Julie Cruikshank. Claiming legitimacy: Prophecy narratives from northern aboriginal women (1994-03-22). — Includes a discussion of Angela Sidney, a Tagish elder who was very active in the Baha'i Faith, and...
  11. Anonymous. Comparative of Dynamics in Navajo Ceremonial and the Bahá'í World Faith, A (n.d.). — Short summary of religious practices, chants, and dances of the Navajo and the Pueblo peoples.
  12. Nina Bailey. Comparison of the Seven Valleys and the American Indian Peace Shield (1999-03). — Comparison study between the spiritual teachings of the ancient Native American Indian Peace Shield ...
  13. Patricia Verge. Compassionate Woman: The Life and Legacy of Patricia Locke by John Kolstoe: Review (2012).
  14. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Littlebrave Beaston, comp. Compilation on the Indians of the Western Hemisphere (2017).
  15. Nooshfar B. Afnan. Concepts of Spirituality in The Works of Robert Houle and OttoRogers with Special Consideration to Images of the Land (2000-12-06). — The attitude of native Canadians toward the land and the prairies, as expressed through the work of ...
  16. Michael Karlberg. Constructive Imaginary, The (2020). — In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept o...
  17. Christopher Buck. Deganawida, the Peacemaker (2015). — Biography of the Iroquois / Haudenosaunee prophet-like figure who lived around 600 or 900 years ago.
  18. Archives Office of the United States Bahá'í National Center. Demographics of the United States National Spiritual Assembly (2016-03-17). — Percentage of women, African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans serv...
  19. Linda S. Covey. Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies (2011-05). — Some Diné (Navajo) convert to the Baha'i Faith because it fulfills their ancient prophecies, its in...
  20. Alfred Kahn. Encouragement, Challenges, Healing, and Progress: The Bahá'í Faith in Indigenous Communities (2016). — On the challenges of community-building among Indigenous people, written from the perspective of a c...
  21. Linda S. Covey, Roshan Danesh. From The Editor's Desk (2016). — Introduction to this issue's articles on the unique potentials of the indigenous population of Ameri...
  22. Christopher Buck. God and Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America (2015). — The nation and the notion of America, as viewed through the lenses of Native American religions, Pro...
  23. Peter T. Bruss. Human environment interactions and collaborative adaptive capacity building in a resilience framework (2012). — Lengthy study of human effects on the environment informed by a Baha'i perspective, with passing men...
  24. Universal House of Justice. Indian Nations and National Spiritual Assemblies (2002-01-13). — American Indian nations are not fully sovereign and thus do not have their own National Spiritual As...
  25. Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. Indigenous Messengers of God (2014-2020). — 68 essays on Native American theology and history from the perspective of Baha'i teachings.
  26. Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. Indigenous Messengers of God (2021). — PowerPoint for Zoom presentation “Divine Teachers of the Americas” by Kevin Locke, hosted by Gre...
  27. Christopher Buck. Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022) (2022-12). — Biographies and photos of Kevin and Patricia Locke and tributes to them; themes of respect for spiri...
  28. Christopher Buck. Kevin Locke and the Tablet to Amir Khan (2024-08-03). — The late Kevin Locke believed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Tablet to Amir Khan establishes that Indigenous M...
  29. Shoghi Effendi, Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to the Bahá'ís of Macy Nebraska (1947-12-21). — One-paragraph letter of greeting from the Guardian, with a short intro from Ruhiyyih Khanum, stating...
  30. Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to the United States and Canada on racism, 1961 (1961-03-09).
  31. Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020-07). — Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich sp...
  32. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  33. Christopher Buck. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
  34. Paula Bidwell. Many Messengers of God, A Native American Perspective: Deganawidah The Peacemaker (2011-07). — Collection and analysis of proofs from the Baha'i Writings about prophets from indigenous cultures. ...
  35. Rúhíyyih Khánum. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere (1969). — Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Baha'i Writings that...
  36. Christopher Buck, Donald Addison. Messengers of God in North America, Revisited: An Exegesis of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán (2007). — The indigenous peoples of the Americas have their own claim to wisdom tradition, which derive from M...
  37. Patricia Locke. Native American and Other Indigenous Messengers of God (1993). — God did not neglect the millions of indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere; over the centuries...
  38. Paula Bidwell. Native American Vision and the Teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha (2011). — Presentation addressing issues of concern to Native Americans, cast in the light of statements of Ab...
  39. Paula Bidwell, comp. Native Bahá'ís: Bios of past and contemporary Bahá'ís of native ancestry (2014). — Links to photographs and information from the 1910s to the present about Native Baha'is, both from t...
  40. Christopher Buck. Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá'í Universalism (1996). — Explores the possibility of including other great religious figures in the Baha'i category of "Manif...
  41. William P. Collins. Native Messengers of God in Canada? A test case for Bahá'í universalism, by Christopher Buck: Commentary (1998).
  42. Linda S. Covey. Navajo Tradition, The: Transition to the Bahá'í Faith (2010). — Examines three reasons behind the conversion of some Navajo to Baha'i in the early 1960s: fulfillmen...
  43. Linda S. Covey. Necessary History, A: Teaching On and Off The Reservations (2016). — On the early Baha’i literature directed toward Native Americans; history of Baha’i conversion ac...
  44. Christopher Buck. 'Never Again': Kevin Gover's Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (2006). — This article does not mention the Baha'i Faith, but was published in a social justice and human righ...
  45. Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling (2008 Fall). — On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bah...
  46. Lee Brown. North American Indian Prophecies (1986). — Talked delivered at the 1986 Continental Indigenous Council, Tanana Valley Fairgrounds, Fairbanks, A...
  47. Kim Ennis. Numinous Land, The: Examples of sacred geometry and geopiety in formalist and landscape paintings of the prairies (2012-04). — Includes many references to the Baha'i Faith and its influence on contemporary artists. Link to thes...
  48. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (1999-2000). — An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidan...
  49. Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). — The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions...
  50. Patricia Verge. Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A (2016). — On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions b...
  51. Franklin Kahn. Reaching and Teaching the Indians: Clinics and Task Force Discussions #17 (1967-04-27). — [needs abstract]
  52. Lee Brown. Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review (2013). — History of the first Aboriginal believers in Canada, who moved from Michigan to pioneer in the Tyend...
  53. Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation (2023-01-08). — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
  54. Abdu'l-Bahá. Hasan Elías, trans. Tabla de 'Abdu'l-Bahá a Amír Khan (2007).
  55. Universal House of Justice. Tablet to Amir Khan and Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1996/2001/2007). — Three letters about Abdu'l-Baha'is Tablet to Amir Khan; one letter about the Tablet of the Holy Mari...
  56. Chris Jones Kavelin. Universities as the Gatekeepers of the Intellectual Property of Indigenous People's Medical Knowledge (2008). — While this article is inspired by Baha'i principles, it has no mention of the Baha'i Faith.
  57. Joyce Baldwin. Walking the Spiritual Path with Both Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground (2016). — Overview of the life of a Baha'i native from indigenous-Tsimshian ancestry, who pioneered to Alaska ...
  58. Benjamin J. Broome. Wisdom of the people: Potential and pitfalls in efforts by the Comanches to recreate traditional ways of building consensus (2001-01-01). — Includes mention that a few Indian nations have adopted the Baha'i "consultation" method of decision...

2.   from the Chronology (10 results; expand)

  1. 1932-02-27 — Race Amity gatherings became an effective way promote the principle of racial equality. A number pf ...
  2. 1956-04-00 — The publication of Ade-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians in the ...
  3. 1961-07-08 — The Custodians announced that mass conversion had begun in Ceylon, Central and East Africa, and Boli...
  4. 1962-05-22 — The first Athabascan Indian north of the Arctic Circle to become a Baha'i, Charley Roberts, enrolled...
  5. 1970-05-02 — One thousand Guajiro Indians became Baha'is in Venezuela. [BW15:241]...
  6. 1975-00-00 — The first all-Quechua Baha'i Conference was held in Cusco, Peru, attended by Baha'is from Peru, Boli...
  7. 1982-06-19 — The teaching project Camino Del Sol (Trail of Light), comprising indigenous believers from North Ame...
  8. 1986-10-19 — Lorraine Kahn of Pine Springs, Arizona, is elected a delegate to the United States National Conventi...
  9. 2007-09-01 — In memory of Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum and because the Native people had such a special place in...
  10. 2013-09-20 — Deloria Bighorn, chairperson of the National Spiritual Baha'is of Canada, presented, on behalf of th...

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (5 results; expand)

  1. 1960-05-18 — The National Spiritual Assembly made a submission on Native education which was entered into the min...
  2. 1960-07-01 — Ben Whitecow and Louise Many Guns were married in the first Baha'i marriage legally recognized i
  3. 1968-00-00 — The Ballad of Crowfoot, often referred to as Canada's first music video, was directed by Willie Dunn...
  4. 2013-09-20 — Deloria Bighorn, chairperson of the National Spiritual Baha'is of Canada, presented, on behalf of
  5. 2019-07-26 — The Canadian Baha'i News Service announced that a new edition of the Wings of Grace prayer book had ...
 
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