They’re raising their voices about problems that extend beyond scriptural verses about Lamanites, curses and dark skin to cultural issues.

Terryl Givens is a professor of literature and religion at the University of Richmond and author of By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion. Read the full ...

We were all Lamanites, and the Book of Mormon was our history,' Garcia said in his lecture. He said this subject can be controversial in part because the word 'Lamanite' is socially constructed, and ...

When Sarah Newcomb was in third grade, she and her classmates got their choice of roles in the Thanksgiving play: a Pilgrim with a buckled hat or a Native American wearing a feathered headband.

Chapter headings in the online version of the Book of Mormon have been changed by LDS Church officials, eliminating vestiges of racist theology that linked dark skin to spiritual accursedness. One ...

"Explores why many Native youth in the Indian Student Placement Program adopted a new notion of identity. From 1947 to 2000, some 50,000 Native American children left the reservations to live with ...

Ammon, one of the sons of Mosiah, forsakes kingship to become a missionary to the Nephites’ mortal enemy, the Lamanites. Ammon shows great humility as he asks to become servant to the Lamanite king, ...

The Animated Book of Mormon lets your family see Ammon's service, hear the Savior's voice, and feel Abinidi's testimony, opening the door for them to more deeply understand the life-changing ...