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Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith in Canada

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Date 1953-09-23, sorted by events, ascending

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1953 23 Sep
195-		 Ted and Joan Anderson arrived in Whitehorse, Canada, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Yukon. The first local spiritual assembly was elected in 1959. When they left in 1972 there were some 400 Bahá'ís in the area. [BW13:457; KoB255263; LynnEchvarria2008p57; CBN No46 Nov 1953 p3]
  • The Andersons established an organization called the Indian Advancement Association for Indigenous people, which later was changed to the Native Brotherhood and Yukon Association of Non-status Indians. Many of the early Bahá'ís in the Yukon were Indigenous elders. In addition to contributing to the growth and development of the Bahá'í community in the Yukon, these Bahá'ís also significantly contributed to the revitalization of the Indigenous cultures and language of the Yukon. [NSA website]
    		• - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Emogene Hoagg; Joan Anderson; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Marion Jack; Orcella Rexford; Susan Rice; Ted Anderson; Whitehorse, YT
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