[Mercat]

Is this stuff from the Mormons? No disrespect intended but one of their basic tenents is that the Native Americans are the lost tribe of Israel.

[Theo]

... Mormons....

That was exactly my thought. There are a number of things in Mormon "Scripture" that are historically inaccurate (horses in the Americas, ancient Hebrews coming to America, Iron being used for tools and weapons, Scimitar-like weapons, etc.), and this may be an attempt to try to *prove* something that there's just no historical evidence for....

[Theo]

I did some google searches, and it does look like this author is affiliated with the Mormon church. Just because someone is Mormon doesn't necessarily mean that their writings/research are suspect. But we need to take into account his predisposition when reading this piece.

[greenwolf]

Joseph Smith claimed to have translated several ancient Egyptian documents using "prophecy stones" and later, when the items were definitively translated using the Rosetta stone, it turned out that Smith was not even close to being close.

[gcruse]

Is this stuff from the Mormons? No disrespect intended but one of their basic tenents is that the Native Americans are the lost tribe of Israel.

The easily overlooked statement that he was writing an article for The Plain Truth gave me cold feet right off.  TPT is a Garner Ted Armstrong publication.  That, coupled with the author's excited acceptance of things that cannot be authenticated, counsels caution.