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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.
George Patrick Lee (March 23, 1943 – July 28, 2010) was the first Native American to become a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [1] He was a member of the church's First Quorum of Seventy from 1975 to 1989, when he was excommunicated from the church. [1] [2]
In 1981, the church published a new LDS edition of the Standard Works that changed a passage in The Book of Mormon that Lamanites (considered by many Latter-day Saints to be Native Americans) will "become white and delightsome" after accepting the gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead of continuing the original reference to skin color, the new ...
Haun's Mill massacre, an attack on Mormons; History of the Latter Day Saint movement; Missouri Executive Order 44, an 1838 governor's order that Mormons be "exterminated" or driven from Missouri; Mormonism and violence; Native American people and Mormonism; Terrorism in the United States
Frank became one of the first Native Americans to serve as a missionary for the LDS Church. [5] Sagwitch's grandson Moroni Timbimboo was the first Native American to serve as a bishop in the church. [15] Sagwitch and his family also contributed large amounts of labor towards the building of the Logan Utah Temple.