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|sublink1=Response to claim: 47 - The assumption that Polynesians are descendants of Lehi is the "most precarious" belief taken from the Book of Mormon | |||
|sublink2=Response to claim: 47 - "Mormon folklore" suggests that Hagoth colonized the Pacific | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: 48 - George Q. Cannon taught the Polynesians that they were descendants of the Israelites | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: 49 - Brigham Young stated in 1958 that the Polynesians were descendants of Abraham | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: 49 - The "curse was redefined" to apply only to people of African descent | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: 52 - Words spoken in General Conference are considered to be "akin" to scripture | |||
|sublink7=Response to claim: 53 - Research has confirmed that there are strong links between Polynesia and the Orient | |||
|sublink8=Response to claim: 54 - Spencer W. Kimball and Heber J. Grant believed that the islanders were descendents of Lehi | |||
|sublink9=Response to claim: 54 - The Church invested "vast sums of money" to build church schools in Polynesia, Mexico and Central and South America, but "denied" these benefits to Micronesia and Melanesia | |||
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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.