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|sublink1=Response to claim: 37 - Mormonism does not assign value to native cultures, their histories or mythologies | |||
|sublink2=Response to claim: 37 - The Lamanite "family" has expanded to include Native Americans and Polynesians | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: 38 -The patriarchal blessings of Native Americans and Polynesians often state that they are of the tribe of Manasseh (through Lehi) | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: 38-39 - Modern day prophets repeatedly declare Native Americans and Polynesians to be descendants of Lehi | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: 40 - The Church believed that Lamanites who accepted the Gospel would become light-skinned | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: 41 - A general authority claimed that the writings of Ixtlilxochitl corroborated the Book of Mormon | |||
|sublink7=Response to claim: 42 - Most Mormons are unaware that the New World has been continuously inhabited for 14,000 years | |||
|sublink8=Response to claim: 42 - The New World shows no sign of having experienced a universal flood | |||
|sublink9=Response to claim: 42 - The Church employs apologists to defend the "myths" surrounding the Book of Mormon | |||
|sublink10=Response to claim: 43 - Members are encouraged not to try and determine where the Book of Mormon occurred | |||
|sublink11=Response to claim: 45 - Church leaders "seem reluctant or powerless to curtail" the belief among Mesoamerican and South American saints that they are descendants of the Lamanites | |||
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Index to claims made in Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church
A FAIR Analysis of: Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church A work by author: Dr. Simon G. Southerton
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This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within the FAIR Wiki. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible.