The Lord calls you ‘Lamanites.’” (Spencer W. Kimball, “To You . In 1971, Spencer W. Kimball taught... "The term Lamanite includes all Indians and Indian mixtures, such as the Polynesians, the Guatemalans, the Peruvians, as well as the Sioux, the Apache, the Mohawk, the Navajo, and others.It is a large group of great people." You Polynesians of the Pacific are called Samoan or Maori, Tahitian or Hawaiian, according to your islands. If Lamanites don't exist, prophesies cannot be fulfilled which further shows the BoM to be a work of fiction. Lehi, who lived in Judah and was a Jew, was of the tribe of Manasseh. As well as proof that irrigation , trepanning and head-deformation were practised. However, the thought of traveling across the ocean was unheard of. Mormon Doctrine: Indians are Lamanites, period, full stop. Thus the descendants of Lehi, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, were Jews because they came out from Jerusalem and from the kingdom of … As to (2), he has reached out especially to the Lamanites, the North American Indians and all the peoples of Central and South America and Polynesia who share that heritage. This documentary short continues the discussion of Polynesians and their link to the Lamanite Identity.www.inlamansterms.com 22. Rian Nelson - January 17, 2021. Polynesian legends still current are living proof that the bearded white men arrived safely in Polynesia. . The Jews were nationals of the kingdom of Judah without reference to tribal ancestry. Mexicans in Mexico; Guatemalans in Guatemala; Chilianos in Chile” and “Polynesians of the Pacific” and taught that “the Lord calls you Lamanites.”13 Lamanites and DNA Studies In recent years, genetic evidence uncovered from DNA testing has revealed that Native Americans carry primarily Asian DNA. Nothing disgusts me more than for people like Hinkley and missionaries that sell the church or try to convert native Americans and Polynesians under the lie that the BoM is a story about their ancestors. By. Polynesia (from the Greek words meaning "many islands") is a large grouping of over one thousand islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ("Of Royal Blood," Ensign, July 1971, p. 7). WIKIPEDIA. Within the culture of Mormonism, indigenous Americans and Polynesians are still often called "Lamanites", but the practice is waning. But there is evidence more substantial than legend on some of these islands: pyramids, helmets and panpipes. Genetic studies indicate that the indigenous Americans are primarily from north Asia, and the Polynesians … They are geographical regions. Share on Facebook. There are probably sixty million of you on the two continents and on the Pacific Islands, all related by blood ties. Mexicans in Mexico; Guatemalans in Guatemala; Chilianos in Chile” and “Polynesians of the Pacific” and taught that “the Lord calls you Lamanites.”13 Lamanites And DNA Studies In recent years, genetic evidence uncovered from DNA testing has revealed that Native Americans carry primarily Asian DNA. . Although Hagoth was a Nephite, these Mormons regard Polynesians as Lamanites. Zoramites = Cherokee Mulekites = Algonquian Hagoth = Polynesians. I gathered these items primarily to remind myself what I was taught while I grew up in the Church, and what I believed until I was 26 - that it was & is Mormon doctrine that the Native American people are Lamanites, who were mostly descendants of Lehi and his group, and that they all were of the house of Israel. Egyptians built ships around 3000 BC, so it's possible these groups could have sailed. The existence of a Lamanite nation has received no support within mainstream science or archaeology.