48th ABS Annual Conference

The late Kevin Locke (Lakota: Tokéya Inážiŋ, “First to Arise”) believed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s “Tablet to Amir Khan” establishes the principle of Indigenous Messengers of God to the Americas: “Undoubtedly in those regions the Call of God must have been raised in ancient times, but it hath been forgotten now” (www.bahai.org/r/760585775). This expanded understanding of the Baha'i doctrine of Progressive Revelation has profound implications for interactions with Indigenous people.