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lost divine favor and was destroyed by the Lamanites. Latter Day Saints have historically associated Lamanites with present-day Native American cultures

obey the commandments of God, then prays for the Lamanites who oppress them; he asks God for the Lamanites' preservation. Additionally, he prays that God

According to the Book of Mormon, Samuel the Lamanite is a prophet who lived in the ancient Americas, sent by Jesus Christ around 5 BC to teach and warn

period of Nephite technological growth, war with the Lamanites, and proselyting to the Lamanites. Helaman reigns over the Nephites, who develop shipping

the Lamanites fully repent and sincerely receive the gospel, the Lord has promised to remove the dark skin.... Perhaps there are some Lamanites today

people;" and Lamanites, who were at times "wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people." In the Book of Mormon narrative, the Lamanites ultimately became

Nephites and Lamanites, and although the Nephites remain righteous longer than the Lamanites, by AD 300, "both the people of Nephi and the Lamanites had become

Nephi, and the Lamanites led by Nephi's older brother Laman. The Nephites are forced to flee their original settlement and the Lamanites are cursed by

plates are written for the Lamanites, though he expresses little hope for them in their present condition. The Lamanites, Jarom explains, murder and

a missionary to the Lamanites. 120 b.c. to 76 b.c. Ammon and his brothers spend several years teaching the Gospel to the Lamanites. Ammon goes first to