Sarah Newcomb is Tsimshian of the First Nation from Metlakatla, Alaska. She works as a freelance editor, writer, and blogger. She has a Bachelors in English with a Focus in non-Fiction Creative Writing, an Associates in Communications, and a Minor in Philosophy. She currently lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and four children.
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day I thought I would ask the question: Where does the church stand on Christopher Columbus and Indigenous People? In the church manual published in 2020 Come […]
What does colonization, cultural erasure, and ancestral appropriation look like for Native Americans being labeled as Lamanite in the year 2020? Well, in Mormonism it looks a little something like […]
My spirit was broken by the shapes I tried to bend into. The shapes of righteousness and perfection always seemed impossible to achieve. I needed more than anything to feel […]
For a number of weeks I have been wanting to write a new blog post. So far I have written 6 and have been unable to post any of them. […]
I watch the world around me spinning. Quietly I withdraw, exhausted from the conversations that seem to only make noise instead of change. I put on my running shoes, headphones, […]
The new lesson manual states: “The Book of Mormon also states that a mark of dark skin came upon the Lamanites after the Nephites separated from them. The nature and […]
Hi everyone. Just want to say thanks to those of you who reach out and encourage me. Also want to thank those who have conversations […]
For the past few years I have been trying to explain what the most harmful aspect about believing in literal Lamanite identity is. Yet when I do I always feel […]
I once wondered how such an old toxic belief could possibly still exist. Is it because it is still taught in 2019? Anyone ages 14 years of age and up […]
Lamanite Truth 