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Friends Or Foes? How 19th Century Lds Literature Supported Manifest Destiny, Richard Edward West
Friends Or Foes? How 19th Century Lds Literature Supported Manifest Destiny, Richard Edward West
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"They felt that the Indians had to become civilized according to non-Indian standards. They did not know or understand the Indians' way of life nor did they want to."
-Idaho Indians: Tribal Histories
This quote refers to the United States government, but it could have also referred to many nineteenth-century members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). This religion, centered in Salt Lake City, Utah, was one of the faiths that most influenced the Native Americans in the western United States. The LDS settlers and Native Americans had an unusual relationship - one that was very …