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1965 (In the year)
196-		 The great, great, granddaughter of Chief Sitting Bull, Ina McNeil, became a Baha'i. She was born on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota and is a member of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe and the first Lakota to become a Bahá'í.

She was convinced of the truth of the Bahá'í Revelation because of the similarities between it and her Lakota heritage; to cite two examples, the legend of the return of White Buffalo Calf Maiden and the prophecies of Black Elk and his vision of Bahá'u'lláh. [Article by Radiance Talley]

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    		•  Ina McNeil; Chief Sitting Bull; White Buffalo Calf Maiden; Black Elk; Long Island, NY; New York, USA; Standing Rock Sioux Reservation; South Dakota, USA Ina McNeil become the first Lakota to become a Bahá'í.
    1965 (In the year)
    196-    		 Emma Reinert, the first Faroese to become a Bahá'í, enrolled. First Bahá'ís by country or area; Faroe Islands, Denmark first Faroese Bahá’í
    1965 (In the year)
    196-    		 Nils and Sigrid Rutfjäll, the first Samer (Lapps) to become Bahá'ís, enrolled in northern Norway. [BW5:483] First believers by background; Indigenous people; Sámi people; Sápmi; Norway first Samer (Lapps) Bahá’ís
    1965 (In the year)
    196-    		 William Carr visited Alert in Canada, only 800 km from the North Pole and the most northerly inhabited location in the world. William Carr; Arctic; Alert, NU; Canada
    1965 (In the year)
    196-    		 The first pioneer to the San Andrés and Providencia Islands settled there briefly. First travel teachers and pioneers; San Andres and Providencia Islands first pioneer to the San Andrés and Providencia Islands
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