The Link between Mormonism, Settler Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples

In this podcast episode, the discussion revolves around the history of Mormonism and its ties to settler colonialism and the oppression of indigenous peoples. It highlights how Mormonism emerged as a religious movement in the United States and its belief in being the renewed gathering of Israel. The podcast explores the concept of a divine inheritance of a promised land and the ideologies that justified European colonization. It also delves into the harmful racialization and categorization of indigenous peoples as cursed and unproductive. The episode emphasizes the need to acknowledge the complicity of organized religions in maintaining systems of oppression and the importance of education and action for decolonization and social justice.