Native Americans Are Not Tools for Colonization
What does colonization, cultural erasure, and ancestral appropriation look like for Native Americans being labeled as Lamanite in the year […]
Racism and God
My spirit was broken by the shapes I tried to bend into. The shapes of righteousness and perfection always seemed […]
Closely Tied
For a number of weeks I have been wanting to write a new blog post. So far I have written […]
No More Racism – Yay!
I watch the world around me spinning. Quietly I withdraw, exhausted from the conversations that seem to only make noise […]
Come Follow Me 2020
The new lesson manual states: “The Book of Mormon also states that a mark of dark skin came upon the […]
Beliefs, Apologetics, and Lamanites.
Hi everyone. Just want to say thanks to those of you who reach out and […]
Response to Manifest Destiny – Taught at Brigham Young University Education Week
For the past few years I have been trying to explain what the most harmful aspect about believing in literal […]
AUGUST 21, 2019 – Manifest Destiny Teachings at BYU Education Week.
I once wondered how such an old toxic belief could possibly still exist. Is it because it is still taught […]
Native Americans Are Not Tools for Colonization
What does colonization, cultural erasure, and ancestral appropriation look like for Native Americans being labeled as Lamanite in the year […]
Book of Mormon and current Christopher Columbus Teachings on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day I thought I would ask the question: Where does the church stand on Christopher Columbus and […]
Come Follow Me 2020
The new lesson manual states: “The Book of Mormon also states that a mark of dark skin came upon the […]
Closely Tied
For a number of weeks I have been wanting to write a new blog post. So far I have written […]
Brigham Young and how to rid the country of Native Americans
“There is a curse on these aborigines of our country who roam the plains, and are so wild that you […]
Shattered glass in flour given to the Timpanogos Native Americans by Mormons.
For years now Native Americans have passed on their own history to the next generation through the oral traditions of […]
Response to Manifest Destiny – Taught at Brigham Young University Education Week
For the past few years I have been trying to explain what the most harmful aspect about believing in literal […]
There are no official sources for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Not a single one.
Living a life filled with honesty is not easy. I’ve always respected and tried to live a life of honesty, […]
Second Conversation with the Missionaries – Native American skin is sign of the curse, my skin is cursed.
(Names of Missionaries withheld to protect identity.) When the subject of Native American atrocities come up few want to discuss […]