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Essex, MD, February 24, 2012 – The family of Jim and Melba Loft, the first Native Canadian Baha'is and the subjects of the new biography Return to Tyendinaga, have organized a pair of book launch and signing events to be held on March 31, 2012 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario and April 1, 2012 in Cobourg, Ontario. The events are intended to bring the book to the attention of readers outside the Baha'i Faith, particularly those of Indigenous descent.

One Voice Press has acquired rights to a biography of the first Native American Bahá'ís in Canada. Written by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge, Return to Tyendinaga tells the story of Jim and Melba Loft who, after encountering the Bahá'í Faith in Marysville, Michigan, returned to their homeland, the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory east of Toronto, Ontario, to teach their fellow Native Americans about the young religion.