The Doctrine and Covenants and Book of Mormon geography

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Doctrine and Covenants and Book of Mormon geography

Doctrine and Covenants and Book of Mormon geography

Summary: Proponents of certain Book of Mormon geographical theories attempt to find clues in the Doctrine and Covenants.

References to Lamanites in the Doctrine and Covenants

Summary: Since in the Doctrine and Covenants the Lord refers to American Indians in North America as "Lamanites" (e.g., DC 28:8-9,14, DC 30:6, DC 32:2, DC 54:8), does this cause problems for the Limited Geography Theory (LGT) or issues of Amerindian genetic data?

Locations in the Doctrine and Covenants with relationship to the Book of Mormon