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Journal Article

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Turner, D. L.

Akimel Au-Authm, Xalychidom Piipaash, and the LDS Papago Ward

Journal of Mormon History

Winter 2013

39

1

Salt Lake City, UT

Mormon History Association

2013

158-180

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has historically followed the Catholic Church as the second largest religious denomination to actively proselytize Native Americans in Arizona. Preaching a message that promised Native Americans an illustrious future as a chose people and presenting the Book of Mormon as a history of their forefathers, this new faith was embraced by some Native Americans and rejected by others. The earliest converts in central Arizona are those found among the Akimel Au-Authm (Pima, or "River people") and the Xalychidom Piipaash (Maricopa, or "People who live towards the water"). Here, a nucleus of early converts formed the Papago Ward, a unit that is unique in the history of the LDS Church. [From the article]

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Native Americans, missions to
Ecclesiastical units, stakes (Arizona)
Arizona
Native Americans, 19th century

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