Gospel of Luke and Ephesians: First Nations Version

The Gospel of Luke and Ephesians: First Nations Version is authored by Terry M. Wildman with input from the First Nations Version Translation Council. The First Nations Version was first envisioned by the author Terry M. Wildman and with the help of OneBook.ca and Wycliffe Associates has expanded into a collaborative effort that includes First Nations/Native Americans from over 25 tribes. This book is the introductory publication of the First Nations Version of the New Testament. A translation in English by First Nations/Native Americans, for First Nations/Native Americans. This project was birthed out of a desire to provide an English Bible that connects, in a culturally sensitive way, the traditional heart languages of the over six million English-speaking First Nations people of North America. The First Nations Version Translation Council has been selected from a cross-section of Native North Americans-elders, pastors, young adults and men and women from differing tribes and diverse geographic locations. This council also represents a diversity of church and denominational traditions to minimize bias. For more information visit firstnationsversion.com.

The Gospel of Luke and Ephesians has no single Author, rather it is a collaborative effort from the First Nations Version Translation Council and other reviewers. The First Nations Version translation was first envisioned by Terry M. Wildman and with the help of OneBook.ca and Wycliffe Associates has expanded into a collaborative effort that includes First Nations/Native Americans from over 25 tribes and growing. The members of our translation council are listed below with their North American tribal heritages:

Barry D. Belindo -- Kiowa/Navajo/Pawnee/Choctaw
Garland Brunoe -- Wascoe/Ojibwe
Gordon Campbell -- Kalispel/Spokane/Nez Perce
Sháńdíín Church -- Diné/Pokagon Band Potawatomi
Alvin Deer -- Kiowa/Creek
John GrosVenor -- Cherokee
Antonia Hudson -- Kiowa/Navajo/Pawnee/Choctaw
Corey Greaves -- Blackfeet/Klickitat
Bryan Jon Maciewski -- Anishinabe/Ojibwe
Dale and Charlotte Tsosie -- Diné (Navajo)
Terry M. Wildman -- Ojibwe/Yaqui
The following ministries have also given of their time to participate in this project:

Mending Wings (Corey Greaves)
Rain Ministries (Terry M. Wildman)

Other First Nations Involved: Besides the members of our council, many other First Nations people have had input into this translation as reviewers, cultural consultants, and community feedback participants.

All in all, the tribal heritages represented include, but are not limited to: Apache, Blackfeet, Cherokee, Creek, Desert Cahuilla, Cayuga, Hopi, Kalispell, Klickitat, Lakota, Mohawk, Métis, Miami, Navajo, Nez Perce, Odawa, Ojibwe, Pawnee, Plains Cree, Potawatomi, Northern Cree, Tlingit, Tohono O'odham, Western Cree, Yankton Sioux, Spokane, Wascoe and Yaqui.

Many others will also be included in the reviewing process when the opportunities are available.