Assiniboine Baha'i

Charles W. Ryder - Assiniboine Saskatchewan Baha'i declared May 30th 1964 during a Baha'i sponsored International Powwow on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota. Reporting about the Powwow Baha'i News August 1964 page 15 states: "...the first declaration at Red Lake and the acceptance of the Faith by a visiting Canadian Indian, Charles Ryder, former chief of the Assiniboines in Saskatchewan. In addressing the gathering Mr. Ryder stated that he had been hearing speeches about brotherhood for many years, but had never seen it until this Powwow."