This page contains reference materials for looking at the relationship among Native American groups and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Coorespondance and records of the relationship between the early church and the Potawatomi Nation.
Oliver Cowdery was called on the first "Mission to the Lamanites". His calling and letters provide context on contemporary church consideration of Native American relations.
Joseph Smith's discovery of human remains, and subsequent indentification as a "Lamanitish warrior" indicates the percieved ties between Lamanite ancestry and contemporary Native American peoples.
by Gina Colvin (Editor), Joanna Brooks (Editor)
by Matthew Garrett
by Jared Farmer
by Max Perry Mueller
by Parley P. Pratt
by Hokulani K. Aikau
by W. Paul Reeve
Article (Online) by King Farina.
2019, Mormon Studies Review, volume 6, pp 1-16
These scans provided from the personal collection of Dr. Mike Taylor from the English department.