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TAGS: - Indigenous people; - Native Americans (First Nations); 1960s; Conversion; Cultural diversity; Navajo people; Prophecies

Abstract:

Examines three reasons behind the conversion of some Navajo to Bahá'í in the early 1960s: fulfillment of prophecy, cultural empowerment and autonomy, and protection of traditional practices.

Notes:

This document is online at se.edu/nas/publications.

Crossreferences:

Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies

The Navajo Tradition:

Transition to the Bahá'í Faith

Linda S. Covey

published in Images, imaginations, and beyond: proceedings of the 8th Native American Symposium, November 2009

ed. Mark B. Spencer, pp. 68-78

Oklahoma State University, 2010

Download: homepages.se.edu/nas/files/2013/03/NAS-2009-Proceedings-Covey.pdf.

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ISBN	9780976385257
Language	English
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