Courage, Compassion, and Aloha
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity of having an amazing conversation with a woman by the name of […]
We Are Beautiful and Whole Just As We Are
I’ve been thinking for days now about that last conversation I had with the missionaries. One part hit me in […]
Disagreeing With Missionaries Turns To Meeting In the Middle
Three times in the past few years I have spoken to missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of […]
America – The Conditional Promised Land
America, known to Mormons as the promised land, is said to be “… a land preserved for a righteous people” […]
Mormon Missionary conversation with a Native American
Religious trauma is an odd thing to process. Especially when people keep telling me it wasn’t that bad, that I […]
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 […]
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 […]
Racist God
My spirit was broken by the shapes I tried to bend into. The shapes of righteousness and perfection always seemed […]
Come Follow Me 2020
The new lesson manual states: “The Book of Mormon also states that a mark of dark skin came upon the […]
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 […]
Disagreeing With Missionaries Turns To Meeting In the Middle
Three times in the past few years I have spoken to missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of […]
Mormon Missionary conversation with a Native American
Religious trauma is an odd thing to process. Especially when people keep telling me it wasn’t that bad, that I […]
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 […]
Closely Tied
For a number of weeks I have been wanting to write a new blog post. So far I have written […]
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 […]