Imagining Lamanites: Native Americans and the Book of Mormon
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas W. Murphy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2003.
Consists of an interview with Joe Sylvester where he gives an account of Indian medicine; legends concerning migration of Algonquin Indians; the role of elders; of the deterioration of reservation conditions following World War II; the religious significance of the number "four"; views on welfare and its role in disrupting traditional Indian values; and a legend about the origin of the drum.
Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2003.