Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Religion
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bureau of Indian Affairs correspondence
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305275]
Identifier: MSS SC 785
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of original letters with accompanying typescripts. Covers the nomination of Mormon Church leader Jacob Hamblin as a federal Indian agent for southern Utah, northern Arizona, and southeast Nevada.Also includes exchanges between W. F. M. Arny, the federal agent for the Navajo tribes; Jacob Hamblin and other Mormon settlers in Arizona; and Col. L. Edwin Dudley, regional Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Santa Fe, NM. These letters attempt to arrange a peaceful...
Dates:
1871-1874
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arza E. Hinckley diary
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 783
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Covers the first year of Hinckley's mission to the Arizona Indians. Includes account of the author receiving his assignment from Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901), one of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church; the trip to Arizona; and descriptions of Hinckley's work among the Indians. Diary entries are lengthy and very detailed.
Dates:
1882-1883
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George S. Tanner papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305184]
Identifier: MSS SC 775
Scope and Contents
Retrospective account transcribed by the author from his diary. Record of a revelation received by an unnamed Moenkopi Indian who prayed to know the truth about the Book of Mormon. He was told in a vision to believe the things his Mormon brethern had told him, and to obey their words. The Indian also saw the coming persecutions against the Mormon Church for polygamy and many other events as well. Author believed that most of what the Indian saw had come to pass by 1890.Entitled:...
Dates:
1881-1890
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections