- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians (1956). Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, the 1956 message to the Iroquois Indians in Mohawk and English, and a biography of the translator, "Charles A. Cooke, Mohawk Scholar," by Marius Barbeau.
- Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Prophecy (2019). Slide-show overview of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's prophecy "these Indians will enlighten the whole world."
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Chelsea Horton. All is One: Becoming Indigenous and Bahá'í in Global North America (2013-08). Native-American identity, conversion, and community, as viewed through the lens of the Bahá'í Faith. For some, converting to the Bahá'í Faith accompanied a voyage of self-discovery toward indigenous identity. Link to thesis (offsite).
- Littlebrave Beaston, comp. American Indians and the Bahá'í Faith: Ten-Part Comprehensive Bibliography (2017). An extensive bibliography about references to Native Americans in Baha’i sacred writings, in writings by Baha’i authors, in Baha’i periodicals, and in other Baha’i media.
- Christopher Buck. Bahá'í Universalism and Native Prophets (2002). Explores the possibility of including other great religious figures in the Bahá'í category of "Manifestations of God" using the Iroquois prophet Deganawida as an example.
- Donald Addison, Christopher Buck. Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Badi'u'llah: Parallels to Bahá'í Teachings by Native American Messengers of God (2007). Compilation of writings from Native American traditions and analogous texts from Bahá'í scripture.
- Chelsea Horton. Beyond Red Power: The Alternative Activism of Dorothy Maquabeak Francis (2004). Aboriginal activism of the 1960s-1970s, which promoted native spirituality and culture, fostered cross-cultural understanding, but now "Red Power" must encompass both the grassroots and the spiritual realms.
- Chelsea Horton. Building Intercultural Community: Insights from Indigenous Bahá'í History (2016). Bridging Bahá'í communities with Indigenous populations in Canada and the United States was not easy, and was especially fraught for native believers, who also confronted tensions of intercultural understanding and sometimes outright racism.
- Julie Cruikshank. Claiming legitimacy: Prophecy narratives from northern aboriginal women (1994-03-22). Includes a discussion of Angela Sidney, a Tagish elder who was very active in the Bahá'í Faith, and who believed that there is not necessary any conflict between Anglicanism, Bahá'í, and indigenous shamanism.
- Anonymous. Comparative of Dynamics in Navajo Ceremonial and the Bahá'í World Faith, A (n.d.). Short summary of religious practices, chants, and dances of the Navajo and the Pueblo peoples.
- Nina Bailey. Comparison of the Seven Valleys and the American Indian Peace Shield (1999-03). Comparison study between the spiritual teachings of the ancient Native American Indian Peace Shield and the spiritual journey described by Bahá'u'lláh in The Seven Valleys
- Patricia Verge. Compassionate Woman: The Life and Legacy of Patricia Locke by John Kolstoe: Review (2012).
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Littlebrave Beaston, comp. Compilation on the Indians of the Western Hemisphere (2017).
- Nooshfar B. Afnan. Concepts of Spirituality in The Works of Robert Houle and OttoRogers with Special Consideration to Images of the Land (2000-12-06). The attitude of native Canadians toward the land and the prairies, as expressed through the work of two artists, their spiritual iconography, and Bahá'í teachings regarding nature.
- Michael Karlberg. Constructive Imaginary, The (2020). In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept of "constructive resilience"; on the relationship of this to other concepts in discourses on social change, and its relevance to the exigencies of the age.
- Christopher Buck. Deganawida, the Peacemaker (2015). Biography of the Iroquois / Haudenosaunee prophet-like figure who lived around 600 or 900 years ago.
- Archives Office of the United States Bahá'í National Center. Demographics of the United States National Spiritual Assembly (2016-03-17). Percentage of women, African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans serving on the U.S. and Canadian NSAs from 1922-2015.
- Linda S. Covey. Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies (2011-05). Some Diné (Navajo) convert to the Bahá'í Faith because it fulfills their ancient prophecies, its institutions provide autonomy and empower the Diné people, and Bahá'í values of cultural diversity allow Diné to practice their traditional ways.
- Alfred Kahn. Encouragement, Challenges, Healing, and Progress: The Bahá'í Faith in Indigenous Communities (2016). On the challenges of community-building among Indigenous people, written from the perspective of a childhood spent among Bahá'í pioneers on Native American land, and on reconciling traditional views with global Bahá'í teachings.
- Linda S. Covey, Roshan Danesh. From The Editor's Desk (2016). Introduction to this issue's articles on the unique potentials of the indigenous population of America, recovery from the residential schools, eradicating prejudice, and the intersection between the
Bahá’í Faith and native peoples.
- Christopher Buck. God and Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America (2015). The nation and the notion of America, as viewed through the lenses of Native American religions, Protestants and Catholic views, Judaism, Islam, Black Muslims, Buddhism, and the Bahá'í Faith; how minority faiths redefined America's world role.
- Peter T. Bruss. Human environment interactions and collaborative adaptive capacity building in a resilience framework (2012). Lengthy study of human effects on the environment informed by a Bahá'í perspective, with passing mentions of the Faith and the Native American Bahá'í Institute. Link to offsite document.
- Universal House of Justice. Indian Nations and National Spiritual Assemblies (2002-01-13). American Indian nations are not fully sovereign and thus do not have their own National Spiritual Assemblies.
- Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. Indigenous Messengers of God (2014-2020). 68 essays on Native American theology and history from the perspective of Bahá'í teachings.
- Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. Indigenous Messengers of God (2021). PowerPoint for Zoom presentation “Divine Teachers of the Americas” by Kevin Locke, hosted by Green Acre Baha’i School, October 2021.
- Christopher Buck. Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022) (2022-12). Biographies and photos of Kevin and Patricia Locke and tributes to them; themes of respect for spiritual traditions, prophecies, and the destiny of indigenous peoples.
- Christopher Buck. Kevin Locke and the Tablet to Amir Khan (2024-08-03). The late Kevin Locke believed ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán establishes that Indigenous Messengers of God were sent to the Americas. This understanding of Progressive Revelation has implications for interactions with Indigenous people.
- Shoghi Effendi, Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to the Bahá'ís of Macy Nebraska (1947-12-21). One-paragraph letter of greeting from the Guardian, with a short intro from Ruhiyyih Khanum, stating that the original population of the United States has a "great future" and will find "great blessings" in accepting Bahá'u'lláh.
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to the United States and Canada on racism, 1961 (1961-03-09).
- Michael L. Penn. Light Was in the Darkness, The: Reflections on the Growth that Hides in the Pain of Suffering (2020-07). Existential stress and its relationship to individual growth and development, drawing on the rich spiritual and philosophical heritage of humanity.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Christopher Buck. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- Paula Bidwell. Many Messengers of God, A Native American Perspective: Deganawidah The Peacemaker (2011-07). Collection and analysis of proofs from the Bahá'í Writings about prophets from indigenous cultures. Includes illustrated slide-show presentation of the paper.
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere (1969). Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Bahá'í Writings that their future is very great, and that they themselves best help to fulfill these promises by taking the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh to their own people.
- Christopher Buck, Donald Addison. Messengers of God in North America, Revisited: An Exegesis of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán (2007). The indigenous peoples of the Americas have their own claim to wisdom tradition, which derive from Messengers of God to First Nations. This principle is anchored in the Tablet to Amír Khán Áhan.
- Patricia Locke. Native American and Other Indigenous Messengers of God (1993). God did not neglect the millions of indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere; over the centuries, many messengers were sent to Indian nations to bring them divine theologies. Includes compilation of stories about Native prophets and prophecies.
- Paula Bidwell. Native American Vision and the Teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha (2011). Presentation addressing issues of concern to Native Americans, cast in the light of statements of Abdu'l-Bahá from his 1912 visit to the United States.
- Paula Bidwell, comp. Native Bahá'ís: Bios of past and contemporary Bahá'ís of native ancestry (2014). Links to photographs and information from the 1910s to the present about Native Bahá'ís, both from the United States, Canada, Hawaii, and Alaska, and indigenous Bahá'ís elsewhere around the world.
- Christopher Buck. Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá'í Universalism (1996). Explores the possibility of including other great religious figures in the Bahá'í category of "Manifestations of God" using the Iroquois prophet Deganawida as an example.
- William P. Collins. Native Messengers of God in Canada? A test case for Bahá'í universalism, by Christopher Buck: Commentary (1998).
- Linda S. Covey. Navajo Tradition, The: Transition to the Bahá'í Faith (2010). Examines three reasons behind the conversion of some Navajo to Bahá'í in the early 1960s: fulfillment of prophecy, cultural empowerment and autonomy, and protection of traditional practices.
- Linda S. Covey. Necessary History, A: Teaching On and Off The Reservations (2016). On the early Bahá’í literature directed toward Native Americans; history of Bahá’í conversion activities with Indigenous populations; and the work conducted by the Central States Regional American Indian Teaching.
- Christopher Buck. 'Never Again': Kevin Gover's Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (2006). This article does not mention the Bahá'í Faith, but was published in a social justice and human rights journal and written by a Bahá'í.
- Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling (2008 Fall). On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá’ís: how do people put together stories to construct their contemporary Bahá’í identity?
- Lee Brown. North American Indian Prophecies (1986). Talked delivered at the 1986 Continental Indigenous Council, Tanana Valley Fairgrounds, Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Kim Ennis. Numinous Land, The: Examples of sacred geometry and geopiety in formalist and landscape paintings of the prairies (2012-04). Includes many references to the Bahá'í Faith and its influence on contemporary artists. Link to thesis (offsite).
- Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (1999-2000). An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidance, practical guidelines for Baha’i pioneering and teaching, inspirational essays, literary and scriptural commentary, biography, and even a film script.
- Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions; relevance to the performing arts; and the concept of refinement which comes across in both the person and the writings of the Báb.
- Patricia Verge. Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A (2016). On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Bahá'ís; pioneering to the Nakoda community; and the importance of learning, listening, and personal transformation.
- Franklin Kahn. Reaching and Teaching the Indians: Clinics and Task Force Discussions #17 (1967-04-27). [needs abstract]
- Lee Brown. Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review (2013). History of the first Aboriginal believers in Canada, who moved from Michigan to pioneer in the Tyendinaga First Nation in Ontario in 1948.
- Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation (2023-01-08). Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted process of social transformation that genuine reconciliation implies.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Hasan Elías, trans. Tabla de 'Abdu'l-Bahá a Amír Khan (2007).
- Universal House of Justice. Tablet to Amir Khan and Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1996/2001/2007). Three letters about Abdu'l-Bahá'ís Tablet to Amír Khán; one letter about the Tablet of the Holy Mariner, the "Call of God," and Native American Prophets; short note from David Ruhe about Deganawida.
- Chris Jones Kavelin. Universities as the Gatekeepers of the Intellectual Property of Indigenous People's Medical Knowledge (2008). While this article is inspired by Bahá'í principles, it has no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
- Joyce Baldwin. Walking the Spiritual Path with Both Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground (2016). Overview of the life of a Bahá'í native from indigenous-Tsimshian ancestry, who pioneered to Alaska and a reserve in Washington, and member of the LSA of Arcata, California. Includes reflections on teaching to Natives.
- Benjamin J. Broome. Wisdom of the people: Potential and pitfalls in efforts by the Comanches to recreate traditional ways of building consensus (2001-01-01). Includes mention that a few Indian nations have adopted the Bahá'í "consultation" method of decision making.
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