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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:

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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OCLC 669661974
ISBN 9780976385257
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