TY  - PCOMM
ID  - 7400
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/khanum_letter_canada_1986
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Letter to the NSA of the Bahá'ís of Canada
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A1  - Khanum,Ruhiyyih
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Y1  - 1986/10/28
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M3  - Letters
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AB  - Letter summarizing a recent trip to Canada and experiences visiting Indian reservations; Bahá'ís must find new ways to approach and respect native culture and spirituality in order to attract them to the Faith; the Peigan Pipe Ceremony.
N1  - This text, and the postscript adapted below as "background," were posted publicly on Facebook by Phil Lane Jr. in 2019; see facebook.com. Also online at scribd.com.  The original source is Littlebrave Beaston, American Indians and the Bahá’í Faith: (North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018), pp. 139-143.  The compilation Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity includes an extract from a letter written on behalf of the the Universal House of Justice (#217, dated 16 November 1994) related to the Pipe Ceremony. See also Wikipedia article Ceremonial pipe. See also Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere (Rúhíyyih Khánum, 1969.
C1  - Proofread by Christopher Buck, 2026.
KW  - Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum
KW  - Canada
KW  - Cultural diversity
KW  - First Nations, Canada
KW  - Native Americans (First Nations)
KW  - Phil Lane, Jr.
KW  - Piikani First Nation, AB
KW  - Pipe Ceremony (Native American)
KW  - Respect
KW  - Tablets of the Divine Plan
KW  - Teaching, Native
KW  - Teachings
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