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Archival Collection of Talks on Various Bahá'í Subjects

Indigenous Perspective on Education for Peace

1985

Ms. LaBlanc is a Native American. She points out that indigenous people are rooted in their culture and therefore their approach to peace is from that perspective. She relates stories from her grandmother who gave her the knowledge to “dance to the rhythm of the earth.” One step most indigenous people must take first is to anger—anger against the injustices they have endured. After that can come re-education to nobility. She closes with this quote attributed to ‘Abdu’l-Baha: “As ye have faith so shall your powers and blessings be.”