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TitleThe Lamanites
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1950
AuthorsIvins, Antoine R.
MagazineRelief Society Magazine
Volume37
Issue Number8
Pagination507-514
Date PublishedAugust 1950
KeywordsAncient America; Columbus, Christopher; External Evidence; Lamanite; Missionary Work; Testimony
Abstract

The Book of Mormon devotes a major part of its account to discussing the Lamanite nation. It is a mistaken idea that all the indigenous groups of people who were found in America following the landing of Christopher Columbus were Lamanites. A testimony is not based on the external but internal evidences of the Book of Mormon.