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1997 (In the year) | The publication of In the Path of the Wind: Recollections of Monserrat by Larry Rowdon. It was published by September House in Osgood, ON. It would appear that the book is no longer available.
The book is biographical and recounts some of the memories of Margaret and Larry Rowdon during their 6 years of pioneering (1986-1992) on the island. |
Larry Rowdon; In the Path of the Wind (book) | ||
1997 March | The passing of Noel Wuttunee. Mr. Wuttunee was the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Canada. He passed away in Seattle, WA. He was well-known in the mid-fifties and early sixties for his evocative artwork and his ability to teach the Faith to his people. He was taught the Faith by fellow artist Gerda Christofferson, whom he later married. Mr. Wuttunee had lived in the United States since the mid-sixties. [BC vol 9 issue 3 Sept 1996 p27]
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Noel Wuttunee; Gerda Christofferson; Seattle, WA; Calgary, AB | the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Canada | |
1997 24 Mar - 16 May | The nine member First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific, called "The Journey of Teech-ma" consisted of Canadian Bahá'ís from Kwakiutl, Nuu-Cha-Nuth, the Ojibway First Nations, a Yupik Bahá'í from Alaska and three non-Native Canadian friends. They shared their culture and their Faith with the Maori, other New Zealanders, the Aborigines and other Australians as well as the ne-Vanuatu peoples. See entry for 1994 (Summer). [SDSC370] | First Nations; Travel Teaching; Pacific; Maoris; Aboriginal people; Indigenous people; New Zealand; Australia; Vanuatu; Canada | ||
1997 9 Jul | The passing of Ronald James Parsons (b. 8 May, 1926, Moose Jaw, SK).
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Ron Parsons; In Memoriam; Rita Parsons; Moose Jaw, SK; Claresholm, AB | first Christian minister to resign to become a Bahá'í | |
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