Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-129).

Field Project (M.R.E.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of International and Area Studies. / Electronic thesis. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-131). Also available in print ed.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Electronic thesis. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-129). Also available in print ed.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University, Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University, Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction, 1968. / "Reprinted 1997." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-90).

Due to the L.D.S. philosophy concerning the origin and destiny of the American Indians, Brigham Young felt the gospel should be taught to the various Indian tribes. Thus, at the spring semi-annual conference of the Church in 1855, a number of men were called as missionaries and assigned to establish five Indian missions. Four of these, Elk Mountain, Las Vegas, White Mountain, and Salmon River, were in or near the Utah-Idaho region and the fifth was in the Indian Territory.

The purpose of this study was to determine the cultural and religious behavior of the Navaho Indians which caused animosity, resistance, or indifference to the religious teachings of the Latter-day Saints.Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for many years, have been in frequent contact with the Navaho Indians. Thousands of Navaho youth have been enrolled in the Indian seminary program of the Church. Hundreds of other students have been involved in the Indian student placement program and the Brigham Young University Indian education program. Furthermore, the Church has contacted much of the population of the Navaho tribe through its vast missionary program. In spite of these vigorous attempts to convert the Navahos to the Mormon faith, areas of conflict have continued to exist.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University, Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction. / Electronic thesis. Also available in print ed.

The purpose of writing this teacher's manual was to provide a course of study for the junior high school Indian Seminary students living mainly in Northern climes of North America. In more recent years, a greater emphasis by the Church has been placed on preaching the Gospel to Northern Indian tribes, as evidenced by the organization of the Northern Indian Mission in 1964. With the conversion of hundreds of Lamanites, came also the need to provide religious education and character development for the children of these new converts and for the children of older Church members. Many non-LDS students, with parental permission, also enroll in these religion classes, in order to take advantage of the varied activities which the Indian Seminary program provides.