1. n.d.. Importance of and Guidance on Translating the Bahá'í Writings into Indigenous and Other Languages. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. — Compilation of one passage from Abdu'l-Baha and fourteen excerpts from letters written by or on beha...
2. n.d.. Comparative of Dynamics in Navajo Ceremonial and the Bahá'í World Faith, A. Author unknown. — Short summary of religious practices, chants, and dances of the Navajo and the Pueblo peoples.
3. 2026-02-10. "Man of Africa", A: Emotions and Political Kinship in Forming Transnational Connections. Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué. — On the travels and politics of Enoch Olinga, who worked with global minorities across national bound...
4. 2025-09. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán: Expanding the Scope of the Bahá'í Doctrine of Progressive Revelation to Include and Engage Indigenous Spiritual Traditions. Christopher Buck, Michael A. Orona. — Translation and exegesis of a Tablet that can be seen as expanding the scope of progressive revelati...
5. 2025-09. True Reconciliation. Patricia Verge. — Review of Reconciling History: A Story of Canada, by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh, and Tru...
6. 2024. Religious Perspectives on the Narratives of America: The Search for Just, Honest, Inclusive and Forward-looking Tellings. Audrey C. Price, ed, Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, ed. — Eleven essays by contributors from different communities, exploring how religious insights can creat...
7. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. — Links to 42 interviews and narratives highlighting how Baha’i individuals and communities worldwid...
8. 2023-01-08. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation. Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
9. 2022-12. Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022). Christopher Buck. — Biographies and photos of Kevin and Patricia Locke and tributes to them; themes of respect for spiri...
10. 2021. Indigenous Messengers of God. Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. — PowerPoint for Zoom presentation “Divine Teachers of the Americas” by Kevin Locke, hosted by Gre...
11. 2020-11. Creating an Inclusive Narrative. Australian Bahá'í Community. — Culmination of a series of nationwide round tables, conveying the vision of Australians to foster a ...
12. 2020. Constructive Imaginary, The. Michael Karlberg. — In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept o...
13. 2019. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Prophecy. Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. — Slide-show overview of ‘Abdu’l-Baha's prophecy "these Indians will enlighten the whole world."
14. 2017/2018. Compilation on the Indians of the Western Hemisphere: Selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, \'Abdu\'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and the Institutions of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Littlebrave Beaston, comp. . — Purpose of the Coming of Baha’u’llah; Capacity of American Indians to Comprehend the Faith
15. 2017. American Indians and the Bahá'í Faith: Ten-Part Comprehensive Bibliography. Littlebrave Beaston, comp. — An extensive bibliography about references to Native Americans in Baha’i sacred writings, in writi...
16. 2016. From The Editor's Desk. Linda S. Covey, Roshan Danesh. — Introduction to this issue's articles on the unique potentials of the indigenous population of Ameri...
17. 2016. Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A. Patricia Verge. — On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions b...
18. 2016. Building Intercultural Community: Insights from Indigenous Bahá'í History. Chelsea Horton. — Bridging Baha'i communities with Indigenous populations in Canada and the United States was not easy...
19. 2016. Encouragement, Challenges, Healing, and Progress: The Bahá'í Faith in Indigenous Communities. Alfred Kahn. — On the challenges of community-building among Indigenous people, written from the perspective of a c...
20. 2014/2020/2024. List of Articles by Christopher Buck on BahaiTeachings.org. Christopher Buck. — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
21. 2014-2020. Indigenous Messengers of God. Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. — 68 essays on Native American theology and history from the perspective of Baha'i teachings.
22. 2014. Native Bahá'ís: Bios of past and contemporary Bahá'ís of native ancestry. Paula Bidwell, comp. — Links to photographs and information from the 1910s to the present about Native Baha'is, both from t...
23. 2013-06. Report/Memoirs of Bill Ekomiak. Bill Ekomiak. — Autobiographical memoir of an Inuit from Canada, followed by the booklet "The Sacred Circles of the ...
24. 2013. Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review. Lee Brown. — History of the first Aboriginal believers in Canada, who moved from Michigan to pioneer in the Tyend...
25. 2011-05. Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies. Linda S. Covey. — Some Diné (Navajo) convert to the Baha'i Faith because it fulfills their ancient prophecies, its in...
26. 2011. Native American Vision and the Teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha. Paula Bidwell. — Presentation addressing issues of concern to Native Americans, cast in the light of statements of Ab...
27. 2011. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab. Moojan Momen. — The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions...
28. 2010. Navajo Tradition, The: Transition to the Bahá'í Faith. Linda S. Covey. — Examines three reasons behind the conversion of some Navajo to Baha'i in the early 1960s: fulfillmen...
29. 2008 Fall. New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling. Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). — On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bah...
30. 2008. Universities as the Gatekeepers of the Intellectual Property of Indigenous People's Medical Knowledge. Chris Jones Kavelin. — While this article is inspired by Baha'i principles, it has no mention of the Baha'i Faith.
31. 2007. Messengers of God in North America, Revisited: An Exegesis of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán. Christopher Buck, Donald Francis Addison. — The indigenous peoples of the Americas have their own claim to wisdom tradition, which derive from M...
32. 2006-07. Bioprospecting and Indigenous Knowledge in Australia: Implications of Valuing Indigenous Spiritual Knowledge. John Hunter, Chris Jones. — Co-authored/painted paper by Aboriginal and 'Western' authors primarily focusing on spiritual issues...
33. 2005. Monotheistic Religion in Africa: The Example of the Swazi People. Margaret Pemberton-Pigott, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott. — Similarities between the Baha'i Faith and the ancient traditional beliefs of the Swazi people of Sou...
34. 2005. Thinking Through Images: Kastom and the Coming of the Baha'is to Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Graeme Were. — Anthropological study on the Baha'i Faith in the Nalik area of New Ireland, New Guinea, especially t...
35. 2002-07-25. Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Gender in the Writings, and Matters of Translation. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. — A collection of letters about gender pronouns in Writings, a compilation concerning the translations...
36. 2001. Aboriginal Health, Healing, Spirituality, Truth and Forgiveness. Diana Rose Yoka. — On love, healing, and forgiveness; colonization of Australia in the 1700s; ceremonial burial practic...
37. 2000-06. Cultural Reconciliation in Canada. Universal House of Justice. — The Universal House of Justice suggests to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada that their effo...
38. 2000. Something Regal: Uncle Fred Murray Extracts from a compilation of tributes, photographs and stories. June Perkins. — Stories about and pictures of Fred Murray, an early Indigenous Baha’i.
39. 2000. Aboriginal and Indigenous People, Teaching Among. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — Importance and scope of the teaching work among the masses of various countries and their aboriginal...
40. 2000. Lonely Road to Native Title Determination, A. Walter Waia. — A personal account of the Saibai Island Native Title Claim: a story of an Indigenous Australian who ...
41. 2000. Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 2. Various. — The complete issue of volume 2. Some papers were delivered at the 18th annual ABS conference "The Cr...
42. 1999-2000. Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. — An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidan...
43. 1999. Indigenous rights and women's rights in the Samoan Bahá'í community. Maureen Sier.
44. 1996. Why Indigenous Peoples Are Distinctive. Sue Podger. — The Baha'i Faith supplies the direction to follow in the healing of the planet and its peoples. Do i...
45. 1996. Scholarship from an Aboriginal Perspective. Diana Rose Yoka. — Scholarship can be demonstrated in our daily lives, through how we interact with each other and put ...
46. 1995-05. Faith and Works: Maoris and the Bahá'í Faith. Various. — The transcript of an interview with two New Zealand Baha'is, Huti Toataua and Hedi Moani, aired by t...
47. 1995. Whanau (extended family) Structures as an Innovative Intervention into Maori Educational and Schooling Crises. Graham Hingangaroa Smith. — The development of an innovative response by the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand to the dual ...
48. 1995. Return of the Dreamtime. Pym Trueman. — Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan cust...
49. 1995. Effects of addiction/alcoholism, acculturation, physical, emotional and sexual violence on the education of aboriginal children, The. Tjanara Goreng-Goreng. — The social problems facing many Australian aboriginal children; the need to involve indigenous peopl...
50. 1993. Native American and Other Indigenous Messengers of God. Patricia Locke. — God did not neglect the millions of indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere; over the centuries...
51. 1991-06. Outpost of a World Religion: The Bahá'í Faith in Australia 1920-1947. Graham Hassall. — An updated version of a paper published in two places.
52. 1989-12. Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1989. Bahá'í International Community.
53. 1989-10-06. Special Report on Baha'i Burial vs. Maori Custom. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand. — Special report about reconciling Baha'i burial laws with local maori customs where they conflict; in...
54. 1988-08. Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1988. Bahá'í International Community. — Spanish translation of the BIC statement "Rights of Indigenous Populations".
55. 1969. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Baha'i Writings that...
56. 1963. Signs of God on Earth. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — Talk presented at the First Baha'i World Congress in London, 1963, about pioneering, teaching indige...
57. 1956. A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. — Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada, the 19...

1. 1940-12-00 — Eduardo Gonzales, a university student, accepted the Faith and became the first native Baha'i of Ecu...
2. 1959-05-07 — Donald Corbin, a pioneer to Grenada Island, made a trip to Dominica specifically to try to reach the...
3. 1961-02-21 — The first Indian congress of Bolivia was held in Oruro, with Indians participating. [BW13:268]
4. 1961-06-23 — Fred Murray, early Indigenous believer and member of the Minen tribe (Mirning Yirkala) to become a B...
5. 1962-12-31 — The first indigenous local spiritual assembly in Venezuela was formed among the Yaruro Indians of Ap...
6. 1965-00-00 — Nils and Sigrid Rutfjäll, the first Samer (Lapps) to become Baha'is, enrolled in northern Norway. [...
7. 1975-00-00 — The first all-Quechua Baha'i Conference was held in Cusco, Peru, attended by Baha'is from Peru, Boli...
8. 1982-06-19 — The teaching project Camino Del Sol (Trail of Light), comprising indigenous believers from North Ame...
9. 1987-02-06 — Maori women held the first National Women's Hui in the tribal area of Ngati Tuwharetoa, New Zealand....
10. 1990-04-21 — The first indigenous local spiritual assembly of Amazonas State, Brazil, was formed among the Mura t...
11. 1990-04-21 — Maureen Nakekea and Marao Teem were elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Kiribati, the firs...
12. 1990-04-21 — For the first time, two Bush Negro women delegates attended the national convention of Surinam. [BIN...
13. 1993-10-01 — The Australian Baha'i community and the Arrente Aboriginal tribe co-sponsored an intercultural celeb...
14. 1994-08-00 — A Maoris teaching team visited British Columbia. The visit was reciprocated by The Journey of Teech...
15. 1997-03-24 — The nine member First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific, called "The Journey of Teec...
16. 2007-09-01 — In memory of Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum and because the Native people had such a special place in...
17. 2007-09-13 — The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the resolution entitled United Nations Declaratio...
18. 2013-09-20 — Deloria Bighorn, chairperson of the National Spiritual Baha'is of Canada, presented, on behalf of th...

1. 1968-12-01 — 1968 was International Year for Human Rights, which marked the twentieth anniversary of the 1948 Uni...
2. 1983-11-21 — A brief entitled The Future of Canada: A Baha'i Perspective was presented to The Royal Commission on...
3. 1994-08-00 — A Maori teaching team visited British Columbia, Canada. The visit was reciprocated by The Journey o...
4. 1997-03-24 — The nine member First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific, called "The Journey of Teec...
5. 2013-09-20 — Heloria Bighorn, chairperson of the National Spiritual Baha'is of Canada, presented, on behalf of th...

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