Kevin Locke, an American Indian believer and Auxiliary Board member, spoke about Bahá'u'lláh to a gathering of approximately 100 Hopi elders in Arizona.
"He [Kevin Locke] spoke to them very directly about Bahá'u'lláh's coming and His Message", relates the report. "He was very well received and invited back, and invited to work with the youth and children."
This meeting was unique because the Hopi elders rarely gather, apart from their own village ceremonies where only a few live in each village. Elizabeth Dahe, a long-time Bahá'í and Hopi elder, invited the other elders to gather and meet Mr. Locke. "She drew on her life-long friendships and her own status as an elder, saying to Kevin, `I realized that if I don't do these things now, there won't be time later on.'"
Report from the Continental Board of Counsellors received 2 August
(as published in BAHÁ'Í INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE, No. 324 / 15 September 1994)