P. Jane Hafen

P. Jane Hafen, Associate Professor of English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

“Great Spirit Listen”: The American Indian in Mormon Music

Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 4

Misconceptions of native Americans began with the misnomer “Indian” based on a navigational error. Mainstream Mormon art, literature, and music, which grants the American Indians a Book of Mormon history and destiny as Lamanites, embraces…

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One Well-Wrought Side of the Story | Scott R. Christensen, Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder, 1822-1887

Articles/Essays – Volume 33, No. 2

Scott R. Christensen has made an auspicious entry into the realm of Mormon history with his book Sagwitch: Shoshone Chieftain, Mormon Elder, 1822-1887. Already the volume has won the 1999 Evans Handcart Prize and the…

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The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, by Brady Udahl

Articles/Essays – Volume 35, No. 1

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