Keith Parry

KEITH PARRY is an anthropologist who teaches at the University of Lethbridge, in Al￾berta, Canada, where he offers a course on Mormon society and culture. His interest in Mor￾monism had its origins in the fieldwork for his Ph.D. dissertation, which dealt with Mormon￾Indian relations in southern Alberta. His book on the subject is in progress.

Letters to the Editor

Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 2

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Joseph Smith and the Clash of Sacred Cultures

Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 4

Dialogue 18.4 (Winter 1984): 65–80
Shortly after the church was organized, one of Joseph Smith’s main priorities during his lifetime was preaching to the Native Americans, who he believed to be the descendants of the Lamanites.

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