Essays on American Indian and Mormon History

P. Jane Hafen, Brenden W. Rensink

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University of Utah Press,U.S.
28 February 2025

History of the Americas; Other non-Christian religions

American Indians have long played a central role in Mormon history and its narratives. Their roles, however, have often been cast in support of traditional Mormon beliefs and as a reaffirmation of colonial discourses.

This collection of essays, many the result of a seminar hosted by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, explores the historical and cultural complexities of this narrative from a decolonizing perspective. Essays cover the historical construction of the “Lamanite,” settler colonialism and the Book of Mormon, and connections between the Seneca leader Handsome Lake and Joseph Smith. Authors also address American Indian Mormon tribal identities, Navajo and Mormon participation at the dedication of Glen Canyon Dam, the impact of Mormon Polynesian missionaries in Diné Bikéyah, the ISPP, and other topics. Prominent American Indian Mormon voices lend their creative work and personal experiences to the book.

With the aim of avoiding familiar narrative patterns of settler colonialism, contributors seek to make American Indians the subjects rather than the objects of discussion in relation to Mormons, presenting new ways to explore and reframe these relationships.

By: P. Jane Hafen, Brenden W. Rensink
Imprint: University of Utah Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781647692100
ISBN 10: 1647692105
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 28 February 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

P. Jane Hafen (Taos Pueblo) is professor emerita of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is author of Reading Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine, and editor of Dreams and Thunder: Stories, Poems, and the Sun Dance Opera. Brenden W. Rensink is associate director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies and associate professor of history at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands.

Reviews for Essays on American Indian and Mormon History

""Essays on American Indian and Mormon History is a significant intervention in the growing literature that examines the interactions between Native peoples and Latter-day Saint religion.... the collection provides an indispensable introduction to the main themes of that history. This excellent compilation will doubtless provide a solid foundation for future scholarship on Indian and Latter-day Saint history."" --Journal of Mormon History ""These essays provide scholars with new stories, additional insights, and a more complete picture of the enmeshed fields of American Indian and Mormon histories. In all, Essays on American Indian and Mormon History is a solid volume that serves as an initial foray into potentially groundbreaking scholarship."" --Journal of Arizona History ""This compilation should be seen as an invitation not only to study this fascinating topic more acutely, but also to integrate sources and methodologies that challenge simplistic renditions of the relationship between American Indians and the Mormon faith."" --Western Historical Quarterly ""This volume will improve considerably the field of Mormon studies by contributing to its critical and intersectional turn. There has been no comparable book-length work focusing on the experiences of American Indian Mormons from an indigenous perspective. This compilation of essays brings together many voices in a way that builds strength and fosters reflection on shared issues and points of contact."" --Joanna Brooks, author of The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith and coeditor of Decolonizing Mormonism