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1985 22 Nov
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The passing of Melba Whetung Loft 'Kinaaj-Kwe' (b. 24 December 1912 Curve Lake First Nation) at the Curve Lake First Nation near Peterborough. She was the first Canadian First Nations person to accept the Faith in Marysville Michigan in 1938. Melba and her husband Jim were buried side by side on the Tyendinaga First Nation were he was born and grew up. [BW19p697; BC Vol 8 No 2 April 1986 p17] | - In Memoriam; Melba Whetung Loft; Curve Lake First Nation, ON; Peterborough, ON; Tyendinaga First Nation, ON; Biography | first Canadian Indigenous believer |
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