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The program was developed according to LDS theology, whereby conversion and assimilation to Mormonism could help Native Americans. [30] An estimated 50,000 Native American children went through the program. [96] [3] The foster placement was intended to help develop leadership among Native Americans and assimilate them into majority-American ...
The program was developed according to LDS theology, whereby conversion and assimilation to Mormonism could help Native Americans, who had been classified as Lamanites in terms of theology in the Book of Mormon. An estimated 50,000 Native American children went through the program. [2] [3] The foster placement was intended to help develop ...
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In 1954, the Church of Latter-day Saints placed Navajo children in Mormon homes to teach them to become more "white." It's part of a long history of removing children from tribes.
In 2004, Simon Southerton, then a geneticist and LDS Church member, published the book Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church. [40] The book uses genetic evidence to examine the historical accuracy of the Book of Mormon and related claims about the Lamanite people.
Names with superscripts (e.g., Nephi 1) are generally numbered according to the index in the LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon [1] (with minor changes). Missing indices indicate people in the index who are not in the Book of Mormon; for instance, Aaron 1 is the biblical Aaron, brother of Moses.
Lithograph of Joseph Smith addressing a delegation of Native Americans visiting Nauvoo, whom he referred to as Lamanites. In the Book of Mormon, the Lamanites (/ ˈ l eɪ m ə n aɪ t /) [1] [a] are one of the four peoples (along with the Jaredites, the Mulekites, and the Nephites) described as having settled in the ancient Americas.
Native populations continue to grow. In 2020, 9.1 million people in the United States identified as Native American and Alaska Native, an increase of 86.5% increase over the 2010 census.They now ...