Join Lindsay and Gina as they interview historian Christopher C. Smith about early Mormon colonization including Mormons "playing Lamanite" and acting out Lamanite stories as a form of spiritual expression.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Christopher's 2010 Sunstone Presentation: American Indian Delegations to Joseph Smith at Nauvoo/Joseph Smith as a Spiritual Egalitarian
Playing Lamanite: Ecstatic Performance of American Indian Roles In Early Mormon Ohio
LDS.org Religious Enthusiasm among Early Ohio Converts