Part 6 (1951-1960)
References & Accompanying Content for 1951
1951-1: “Forgotten Chapters of History, Pioneer Fortifications,”
by William R. Palmer, March 1951 Improvement Era
“...Pioneer Fortifications” by William R. Palmer:
The Mormon settlers were, through their strong beliefs, committed to
deal kindly with the Indians, whom they believe to be Book of
Mormon Lamanite stock...
When the Saints settled Salt Lake Valley, the Great Basin to Utah Valley,
southward to its rim and extending on to the Colorado River was claimed
by the tribes of the Ute Nation who were in possession of it….
The new settlers, believing that these red men were descendants of
the Book of Mormon Lamanites, felt that they had a divinely imposed
mission of helpfulness toward the race… p. 148 my emphasis
March 1951 Improvement Era
Some time ago two family group sheets were forwarded by mail to the
office to be checked with the master record and sent on to the Index Bureau
to be cleared for the Lamanite temple sessions at Mesa. One was from
Mexico City and the other from the Juarez stake... p. 152 my emphasis
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References & Accompanying Content for 1952
1952-1: “The Church-Its History and Mission,” by Cheney, Welker
and Wood, L.D.S. Dept of Education, Copyrighted 1952 by David O. McKay
for the Dept. of Ed. of the COJCOLDS.
Chapter 16
“The Book of Mormon...answers the question as to who the American
Indians are. It gives the peoples of the islands of the Pacific the
knowledge...that they are of the house of Israel. p. 133 my emphasis
Chapter 29
Missionaries to the Lamanites. In the Book of Mormon there are references
to the time when it should be taken to the “remnant of the House of Israel,”
meaning the descendants of the Lamanites--a kindred race to the
Nephites; and that its record would bring these Lamanites--American
Indians--to a knowledge of their forefathers...he [Jos. Smith] received a
revelation in October 1830, calling Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, Peter
Whitmer, Jr. and Ziba Peterson to preach to the Lamanites.
...the four young men commenced a journey which was to take them to the
Indian tribes on the western borders of Missouri which, at that time, also
marked the western boundary of the United States.” p. 259 my emphasis
Chapter 37
The Lamanite Missionaries on the Frontier. The missionaries who were
called from the state of New York in 1830 to proclaim the restored gospel to
the Lamanites (Indians), particularly to those beyond the borders of Missouri,
reached their destination early in the year of 1831. , p. 335 my emphasis
1952-2: “Life in Ancient America, A Study of the Book of Mormon,” Course
No. 15 by LeLand H. Monson, published by the Deseret Sunday School
Union, copyrighted 1946 by Milton Bennion for the Deseret Sunday School
Union (Fourth Printing 1952)
Chapter 44, Righteousness, Division, Degeneracy
The American Indian, as we know him today, is a descendant of these
merged [Nephites and Lamanites] peoples. The blood of Nephi and
Laman courses through their veins. They [the American Indians] are
descendants of at least two tribes, the tribe of Ephraim and the tribe
descendants of at least two tribes, the tribe of Ephraim and the tribe
of Manasseh. p. 82 my emphasis
1952-3: "The Place of Relief Society in the Indian Program,” by Elder Delbert
1952-3: "The Place of Relief Society in the Indian Program,” by Elder Delbert
L. Stapley, Feb. 1952 The Relief Society Mag., Address Delivered at the Annual
Indian Relations Dept. of the Annual General Relief Society Conf., Oct. 3, 1951
One of the missionaries recounted this observation by one of our Lamanite
brothers. He said, “Why have you Mormons been so long in coming to the
Indian people. You have been here for many years, yet other churches have
been working among us [the Indians, in the first sentence identified as
Lamanites] for a long time.” p. 79 my emphasis
1952-4: “Loving and Working With Our Lamanite Sister,” by Myrle Fowler,
Sevier Stake, Feb. 1952 Relief Society Mag., Address Delivered at the Indian
Relations Department of the Annual General Relief Society Conf., Oct. 3, 1951
My dear brothers and sisters...the weight of the combined problems of my
Lamanite friends seem to be resting on my shoulders. I hope and pray the
Lord will use me to awaken new hearts to the Lamanite work.
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I have worked, under the call of the Priesthood, with Piutes, Hopis, Utes, and
Navajo people, and I am proud of my friends among them. I am among them
so much that many have asked how much Lamanite blood I have.
The Lord loves the Lamanite people and expects us to encourage them to
greater confidence in themselves… p. 84 my emphasis
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References & Accompanying Content for 1953
1953-1: April 1953 [General] Conference Report, Elder Spencer W. Kimball
https://archive.org/stream/conferencereport1953a#page/n106/mode/1up
"The Lamanites Are Progressing," June 1953 Improvement Era
We have baptized this year 2500 Lamanites in the Church, and we have
now approximately 45,000 of them on the records of the Church. p. 107
my emphasis
It is a great joy to see the Hawaiian Temple as I saw it one day,...and all of
the workers in the temple were Lamanites--Samoans and Hawaiians.
p. 108 my emphasis
In Gallup [New Mexico] they have a radio station, and they give an hour a
week in the Navajo language, to send their message to the people…
This, of course, is old for many of the Lamanites in other areas, but it is
new here. p. 109 my emphasis
The Indian converts are firm and steadfast...One Lamanite sister...Sister
Poogy said, “Whatever the authorities ask us to do, that I am going to do.”
p. 109 my emphasis
I pray with one of our Lamanite sisters, who pleaded, “Heavenly Father,
please bless the missionaries, that they won’t get discouraged with us
Indians, and please bless the Indians that they will always listen.” This is
my prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. p. 110 my emphasis
1953-2: “The Fluorescence of the Lamanites,” by Elder Spencer W. Kimball,
Feb. 1953 Relief Society Mag., Oct. 1, 1952 Annual General Relief Society Conf.
All you need,...[is] a vision of the millions of good folks who need the gospel...and
particularly millions of Lamanites, some sixty million, who have the blood
of Lehi in their veins--these people, who have been so long deprived, and who
need the gospel so much! p. 78 my emphasis
Our goal is to make saints of the Lamanite people. p. 81
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References & Accompanying Content for 1954
1954-1: April 1954 General Conference, Elder Spencer W. Kimball
https://archive.org/stream/conferencereport1954a#page/n105/mode/2up
“The Evil of Intolerance,” June 1954 Improvement Era
It would be a delightful step forward if our newspapers and periodicals and
our writers and speakers would discontinue the term buck and squaw and
substitute “Indian men and women” or “Lamanite brethren and sisters.”
"Here he [God] has the Indian or Lamanite, with a background of twenty-five
centuries of superstition, degradation, idolatry, and indolence....
p.423-426 my emphasis
1954-2: October 1954 General Conference, Elder Milton R. Hunter
“Book of Mormon Evidences,” by Elder Milton R. Hunter,
December 1954 Improvement Era
Following the apostasy of the Nephites and Lamanites from the true religion
of the Master and the extermination of the Nephite civilization (about 400 A.D.),
the Lamanites or Indians retained in their traditions a memory of the
appearance of the resurrected Savior to their forefathers. p. 108 my emphasis
appearance of the resurrected Savior to their forefathers. p. 108 my emphasis
1954-3: “Southwest Indian Mission, Sawmill Branch, Arizona, Relief
Society Presidency at Anniversary Day Celebration, March 17, 1954,”
Photograph, August 1954 Relief Society Magazine
P. 545. Large photograph of three women, each with a dark complexion.
Below the photograph it reads:
SOUTHWEST INDIAN MISSION, SAWMILL BRANCH, ARIZONA, RELIEF
SOCIETY PRESIDENCY AT ANNIVERSARY DAY CELEBRATION,
March 17, 1954
The chapel was decorated in blue and gold, the Relief Society colors, and the
members displayed several lovely quilts, hand-woven rugs...The program,
presented by the Lamanite people, was outstanding. President Golden R.
Buchanan and Sister Buchanan explained the importance of the gospel to
the Lamanites. p. 545 my emphasis
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References & Accompanying Content for 1955
1955-1: April 1955 [General] Conference Report, Elder Milton R. Hunter
“Indian Traditions of the Book of Mormon,” by Elder Milton R. Hunter,
June 1955 Improvement Era
I bear witness that the Book of Mormon contains the word of God and that it
was written originally by holy prophets with the knowledge that it would be
preserved to be brought forth in the latter days for the benefit of the
descendants of the Lamanites--the American Indians. In fact, one of the
declared purposes of writing and preserving that sacred book is proclaimed
in its preface, which declares that it was “...written to the Lamanites.”
p. 107 my emphasis
1955-2: “The Southwest Indian Mission,” by Doyle Green,
April 1955 Improvement Era (Special Lamanite Issue)
“The Southwest Indian Mission” (Special Lamanite Issue)
On February 3, 1955 there was baptized into the Church at Peach
Springs, Arizona, a Lamanite brother, Kate Crozier, a member of the
Hualapai tribe, who is thought to be well over a hundred years of age…
Leading a man of this age into the waters of baptism may be somewhat
of a record in the Church. But then the Southwest Indian Mission is
used to records…
Today in the [Southwestwest Indian] mission there are fifteen small
chapels and ten branches presided over by our Lamanite brothers and
sisters… p. 233 my emphasis
...There are between 150,000 and 200,000 Indians in the mission [Southwest
Indian Mission] from more than two dozen tribes on some three dozen
reservations. The Navajo Reservation...[with] seventy to eighty thousand Navajos.
...although the Navajos are coming into the Church in the largest
numbers...success...among the other tribes is almost equally as great…
numbers...success...among the other tribes is almost equally as great…
Today we have members of the Church among the following tribes: Navajo,
Apache, Hopi, Auni, Hualapai, Papago, Laguna, Isleta, Pima, Acoma,
Cherokee, and Piute. p. 233-34 my emphasis
One of the great difficulties that have been found in teaching the gospel is
the language barrier….It is generally agreed that Navajo is one of the very
hardest languages to learn,...
The missionaries have found ways of getting through the language barrier…
Through the use of stories and pictures they have become adept at teaching
gospel principles. The Book of Mormon is used to good advantage, and the
Lamanite people learn early that this is their book. So many of the stories in
the Book of Mormon parallel their own stories that it is not hard for them to
accept the Book of Mormon.
Stories of how the missionaries have appealed to the Indians are legion...
p. 262 my emphasis
...And when Elder Kimball of the Council of the Twelve, who is in charge of
work among the Lamanites for the Church, viewed the mission recently, he
was thrilled to see our Indian members conducting sacrament and auxiliary
meetings, administering the sacrament,... p. 265 my emphasis
1955-3: “Missionary Work Among The Indians,” by Albert L. Zobell,
April 1955 Improvement Era
“Missionary Work Among The Indians” (Special Lamanite Issue):
“And now concerning my servant Parley P. Pratt...
...that which I have appointed unto him is that he shall go with my servants,
Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer, Jun., into the wilderness among the
Lamanites. And Ziba Peterson also shall go with them;...” (D & C 32.)
Thus in October 1830, when the restored Church was but six months old,
came the call to labor among the Lamanites or the American Indians.
Perhaps it was significant that among the four missionaries called by direct
revelation, two were witnesses to the divine authenticity of the Book of
Mormon--the Lamanites’ own book…
Elder Parley P. Pratt records, “After traveling for some days the Lamanite
mission called at some Indian encampments near the city of Buffalo, where
they spent part of a day instructing them in the knowledge of their
forefathers. These Indians were of the Catteragus, tribe…
It appears that after leaving Kirtland, the missionaries visited the Wyandot
Indians near Sandusky, Ohio...
Arriving at Independence, Missouri,...three [of the missionaries] began their
labors among the Indians. They visited the Shawnees [Indians], spent one
night among them, and the next day crossed the Kansas River and began
their labors among the Delawares [Indians]. .. p. 242 my emphasis
One of the reasons for the establishing of settlements in outlying sections of
Utah,and more especially in Arizona, was to bring the Latter-day Saint settlers
into contact with the Indian tribes of those regions, which, in consequence
of the Church’s belief that the “red brothers” were a remnant of some of
the tribes of Israel,... p. 271 my emphasis
1955-4: "Notes From The Field,” Photograph, Sept. 1955 Relief Society Mag.
1955-4: "Notes From The Field,” Photograph, Sept. 1955 Relief Society Mag.
[Photo of 8 women. Two/three of the woman have a darker complexion.]
The Description under this photo says:
EASTERN STATES MISSION, ONEIDA DISTRICT, MOHAWK (LAMANITE)
BRANCH (HOGANSBURG) RELIEF SOCIETY MAKES FOUR QUILTS
p. 622 my emphasis
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References & Accompanying Content for 1956
1956-1: April 1956 General Conference, Elder Milton R. Hunter
"Marriage Customs of the Quiche Maya,” by Elder Milton R. Hunter,
June 1956 Improvement Era
I was especially grateful for the privilege of touring the Central American Mission
because of my intense interest in the Book of Mormon and in the Lamanites or
Indians. p. 50 my emphasis
because of my intense interest in the Book of Mormon and in the Lamanites or
Indians. p. 50 my emphasis
1956-2: April 1956 Conference Report, Elder Delbert L. Stapley
“Responsibilities to the Lamanites,” by Elder Delbert L. Stapley,
June 1956 Improvement Era
Now, my brothers and sisters, today I should like to represent another voice
speaking in behalf of the Lamanite people…
In 1 Nephi, 15th chapter, we are informed by Nephi that in the latter days...then
shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the gentiles, and from
the gentiles unto the remnant of father Lehi’s posterity, who are the American
Indian and his blood relations in the isles of the Pacific...
When the Lord brought forth the record of the Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith
in this dispensation, he committed to his Church with that important record the
responsibility of taking to the Indian and Lamanite people the knowledge
responsibility of taking to the Indian and Lamanite people the knowledge
of their forefathers and the fulness of the gospel, which record also includes
the Lord’s promise to them as a branch of the house of Israel.
Very shortly after this revelation [D & C 3:16-20.] was given the Lord gave
another revelation that instructed the Prophet to open the work among the
Lamanites, as we learn in reading section 28 of the Doctrine and Covenants,
wherein Oliver Cowdery was called as the first missionary to the Indians from
the newly restored Church. The assignment reads:
And now, behold, I say unto you that you shall go unto the Lamanites and
preach my gospel unto them; and inasmuch as they receive thy teachings
thou shall cause my church to be established among them;...(Ibid., 28:8.)
Three others were later appointed by revelation to accompany Oliver
Cowdery on this first mission to the Indian people.
President George Albert Smith, in reinaugranating work among the Indians
during his administration, strongly emphasized the importance of the Church
mission to the Indians in these simple yet dynamic words:
“The day is here for the gospel to go to the Lamanites, and we must never
fail them again.”
Our apparent insufficient interest and somewhat unsatisfactory follow-up of
the Prophet Joseph Smith”s taking the Book of Mormon and the gospel to the
Indians as well as partial failure to heed the counsel of all presidents of the
church in relation to this program, is an indictment against us and represents
a challenge and an obligation we cannot afford longer to ignore.
pp. 54-58 my emphasis
1956-3: October 1956 [General] Conference Report, Elder Spencer W. Kimball
“The Expanded Indian Program,” by Elder Spencer W. Kimball,
December 1956 Improvement Era
December 1956 Improvement Era
My beloved brothers and sisters, I should like to speak to you today about our
Lamanite brothers. ..
Lamanite brothers. ..
Relatively little progress had been made since Columbus discovered America,
until recent years. Hundreds of thousands of Indians were killed by the
invading gentiles from Europe, 128,000 in New England alone, according to
historians. The rest were pushed back, scattered, and finally placed on
reservations,...
reservations,...
In 1947 the cry was raised: “The Navajos are freezing and starving.”...
Pictures and stories of want and starvation were printed in [1947] Newspapers
and magazines; pressures were brought to bear upon officials; and the important
prophecies began to be fulfilled and the arms of the gentile nations which had
scattered the Lamanites now opened to enfold them, and the shoulders which
prophecies began to be fulfilled and the arms of the gentile nations which had
scattered the Lamanites now opened to enfold them, and the shoulders which
once which were used to push them into reservations, now squared away to
carry these deprived ones to their destiny...Education, the common denominator
and leveler, is coming to the red man. The clinic and hospital are available to
him. Indian children are being born in hospitals;... pp. 937-940 my emphasis
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References & Accompanying Content for 1957
1957-1: “The Saga of Mormonism,” by Doyle L. Green, Nov. 1957 Improvement Era
And so the remarkable story on the [Gold] plates unfolded--and account of
the ancestors of the American Indians and of God’s dealings with them--a
record of three separate migrations of people to the Americas, beginning at
the time of the tower of Babel.... p. 831 my emphasis
[Oct. 1957 General Conference was cancelled due to an Asian flu epidemic]
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References & Accompanying Content for 1958
1958-1: “They, Too Are Pioneers,” July 1958 The Instructor, Publd by the Deseret
Sunday School Union, Copyright 1958 Deseret Sunday School Union Board.
Sunday School Union, Copyright 1958 Deseret Sunday School Union Board.
Contents
Feature Articles
200 “They, Too, Are Pioneers.”
Wendell J. Ashton and photographer Ray Kooyman visited Lamanite lands
of the southwest. Intimate glimpses of these pioneering Indian Saints are
pictured. p. 192
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While keeping alive their ancient crafts and traditions, many of the Hopi and
Navajo Indians of Northern Arizona are faithful Latter-day Saints. On these
pages are presented some glimpses of life among these Lamanite people.
p. 200 my emphasis
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References & Accompanying Content for 1959
1959-1: October 1959 Conference Report, Elder Spencer W. Kimball
https://archive.org/stream/conferencereport1959sa#page/n57/mode/2up
https://archive.org/stream/conferencereport1959sa#page/n57/mode/2up
"To You . . . Our Kinsmen," by Elder Spencer W. Kimball,
December 1959 Improvement Era
“...I should like to address my remarks to you, our kinsmen of the isles of
the sea and the Americas. Millions of you have blood relatively unmixed
with gentile nations. Columbus called you `Indians,’ thinking he had reached
the East Indies. Millions of you are descendants of Spaniards and Indians,
and are termed mestizos, and are called after your countries, for instance:
Mexicans in Mexico; Guatemalans in Guatemala; Chilianos in Chile.
Mexicans in Mexico; Guatemalans in Guatemala; Chilianos in Chile.
You Polynesians of the Pacific are called Samoan or Maori, Tahitian or Hawaiian,
according to your islands. There are probably sixty million of
according to your islands. There are probably sixty million of
you on the two continents and on the Pacific Islands, all related by blood
ties.
The Lord calls you Lamanites,... p. 57 my emphasis
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References & Accompanying Content for 1960
1960-1: October 1960 [General] Conference Report, Elder Spencer W. Kimball
“The Day of the Lamanites," by Elder Spencer W. Kimball,
December 1960 Improvement Era
Not only the southwest Indians, but Lamanites in general, are facing an open
door to education, culture, refinement, progress, and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Church has spent its millions in Hawaii and New Zealand and other islands
to provide schools for the young Lehites...Hundreds of Lamanites are serving
in Mission fields in both America and in the islands of the sea…
p. 925 my emphasis
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