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event |
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firsts |
| 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] |
First Nations; Travel Teaching; Pacific; Maoris; Aboriginal people; Indigenous people; New Zealand; Australia; Vanuatu; Canada |
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| 1997 March |
The passing of Noel Wuttunee. Mr. Wuttunee was the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Canada. He passed away in Seattle, WA. He was well-known in the mid-fifties and early sixties for his evocative artwork and his ability to teach the Faith to his people. He was taught the Faith by fellow artist Gerda Christofferson, whom he later married. Mr. Wuttunee had lived in the United States since the mid-sixties. [BC vol 9 issue 3 Sept 1996 p27]
Gerda Christofferson passed away in Calgary 14 July 2012. [Calgary Herald] |
Noel Wuttunee; Gerda Christofferson; Seattle, WA; Calgary, AB |
the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Canada |
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