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A History Of Mormon Missionary Work With The Hopi, Navaho And Zuni Indians, David Kay Flake
A History Of Mormon Missionary Work With The Hopi, Navaho And Zuni Indians, David Kay Flake
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Through their contacts with the Utes and other local tribes the Mormon people became aware of the presence of the Hopis, Navahos and Zunis soon after their arrival in the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Their first actual contact with the Navahos occurred in connection with their Elk Mountain Indian Mission near what is now Moab, Utah, in 1855. During that same year another Indian mission was established in the Cedar City area called the Southern Indian Mission. As president of this mission in 1858, Jacob Hamblin led the first exploring-missionary party to the Hopi villages. Succeeding visits to …