Lamanite

The 7th operating Temple is located in Russell Pearce's district where for many years, the Mesa Arizona Temple was known as the "Lamanite Temple."

DeeDee Garcia Blase: The Changing Tide on Immigration with Help from the Utah Compact DeeDee Garcia Blase 2011

The 7th operating Temple is located in Russell Pearce's district where for many years, the Mesa Arizona Temple was known as the "Lamanite Temple."

DeeDee Garcia Blase: The Changing Tide on Immigration with Help from the Utah Compact DeeDee Garcia Blase 2011

Samuel the Lamanite is the Martin Luther King of the Book of Mormon - the figure that brings his people to cultural respect, who brings them into the promised land.

A Motley Vision 2009

Probably the strangest one for me came from a Spanish-speaking member I corresponded with who thought that Samuel the Lamanite was a "shameful and reproachful name like that of cursed and marked beings, especially among English-Speaking Mormonism." (my rough translation from Spanish).

A Motley Vision 2009

'Lamanite' was a term used to refer to the indigenous peoples of the Americas and the

By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog 2010

In the early 1980s, 'Lamanite' was dropped in favor of 'descendents of Lehi,' or some variation thereof.

By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog 2010

With a hypothesis and a song in my heart, I went to lds. org, and I did a search for the term 'Lamanite' in General Conferences.

By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog 2010

He's Finnish and has never lived in the States, but still: I thought using the term 'Lamanite' to refer to indigenous peoples of North America, South America and/or Polynesia was fairly basic in Mormon culture.

By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog 2010

I'm having a hard time seeing this view as anything but a reaction to the "Lamanite" surname.

A Motley Vision 2009

According to the Book of Mormon, blacks (the Lamanite race) received their dark skins and inferior status as punishment.

Katie Halper: Prop 8 Lets Mormons Tell Other People Their Marriages Are F*&^#$ Up 2009