Ep 159 – Mormon-Native Relations 1830-1840 w/Christopher C. Smith Pt.1

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

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4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we sit down with Mormon historian Chris Smith to discuss part 1 of a 2-part series on Native and Mormon relations during Joseph Smith’s ministry. We begin with discussing the Book of Mormon being written explicitly to the Natives and describe Joseph’s mindset in allying with the Natives to overthrow the U.S. Government. Then we broach the utility of the Council of Fifty and jump into a few important emissaries Joseph called to forge trading and military relations with various Native tribes. Lewis Denna (Dana, Denny), and his work with church leadership, are of particular import as he was a Native convert to the church. We try to put the plight of the Natives in broader context throughout America. Then we wrap with the work of Jonathan Dunham (J. Dunham ‘Lamanite’) and his work with various Native groups.

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0:00.0	I am Ryan McKnight.
0:02.5	I'm Kara Santa Maria.
0:04.1	I am Christopher Smith.
0:05.6	Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.
0:07.1	This is Naked Mormonism.
0:10.1	The Serial Mormon History Podcast.
0:14.7	Welcome, welcome to a very special edition of the Naked Mormonism podcast.
0:20.0	We are actually going to do part one of a two-part
0:22.9	discussion that I had with Christopher C. Smith, a Mormon historian at MHA this past week while I was
0:29.2	there. We discussed quite a few things, but the focus, the general focus of the subject of these
0:35.0	two parts is going to be Mormon and Native relations from, you know,
0:39.9	spanning the entirety of Joseph's career and then getting into the early Utah era under Brigham Young.
0:45.5	This is a fascinating subject, and it also forms the focus of what Christopher Smith did as his doctoral
0:52.0	dissertation. Of course, you can go back and listen to Special Edition
0:54.7	Episode 38, where he had him on to talk about the Mormon conquest in Utah. So what you can
1:02.1	expect on this episode, he and I begin discussing the Book of Mormon and how it's written explicitly
1:07.9	to the natives. And we use that as a jump off point to describe Joseph's mindset in allying with the Native Americans in order to overthrow the U.S. government.
1:18.3	How did Joseph Smith accomplish that?
1:19.8	Well, he formed his council of 50, and then we use that to jump into a number of important emissaries that Joseph Smith called in order to create these trading and these military alliances with various native tribes.
1:33.1	We focus on a guy named Louis Dena, Jonathan Dunham, and also Alpheus Cutler very briefly.
1:40.4	So that kind of forms the preface of how all of this, this part one of the episode is going to go.
1:46.6	Of course, next week we're going to do part two.
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