1996 Desnews article explicitly identifies Lamanite people

[_Polygamy-Porter]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/476052/

The Lamanite Generation is made up of Brigham Young University students of Lamanite descent.

There you have it!

Find people who were members of this so called Lamanite Generation at BYU and we will have some real Lamanites.

[_zzyzx]

Yep, that is what we were taught.

Now..., where did they disappear to?

[_Pokatator]

Yep, that is what we were taught.

Now..., where did they disappear to?

Exactly what I was taught.

I think they flew over the rainbow and back into the novel called the Book of Mormon.

[_harmony]

You realize what the Lamanite Generation was, right? A dance troupe.

[_TAK]

You realize what the Lamanite Generation was, right? A dance troupe.

Of course... made up of Brigham Young University students of Lamanite descent.

What is your point?

[_cinepro]

Here's how "The Lamanite Generation" were described in The Ensign:

Everyone calls her Janie. Somehow “Miss Thompson” or “Sister Thompson” doesn’t fit.

In the eyes of Millie Cody Garrett, a former student, there isn’t anyone else like Janie. Millie was Miss Indian BYU and traveled with BYU’s Lamanite Generation, the American Indian-Polynesian-Latin American entertainment group Janie founded, for four years before becoming a member of the Church.

“Janie saw something in me I didn’t know I had. She was like a mountain of faith—so much belief. She called me an Indian princess and wanted me to be Indian—to appreciate my heritage. And I do. However, because of her, I know that before being a Lamanite, I am an individual and a daughter of God,” Millie says.

Or here, "The Lamanite Generation was a musical variety show featuring talented American Indian, Polynesian, Mexican Americans, and native Latin American students in both traditional and contemporary productions. The word "Lamanite" is used to describe all of the above cultures."

Gotta love it...

[_Uncle Dale]

...
Lamanite Generation, the American Indian-Polynesian-Latin American
entertainment group..

Muss be some mistake, brudda. We ain't got not Lamanites here
in da islands -- jus' dem pure-blud Nephite kine sons-a-Hagoths.



Uncle "Tons a-Hebrew DNA here, like ya won't believe brudda!" Dale

[_TAK]

Here's how "The Lamanite Generation" were described in The Ensign:

Everyone calls her Janie. Somehow “Miss Thompson” or “Sister Thompson” doesn’t fit.

In the eyes of Millie Cody Garrett, a former student, there isn’t anyone else like Janie. Millie was Miss Indian BYU and traveled with BYU’s Lamanite Generation, the American Indian-Polynesian-Latin American entertainment group Janie founded, for four years before becoming a member of the Church.

“Janie saw something in me I didn’t know I had. She was like a mountain of faith—so much belief. She called me an Indian princess and wanted me to be Indian—to appreciate my heritage. And I do. However, because of her, I know that before being a Lamanite, I am an individual and a daughter of God,” Millie says.

Or here, "The Lamanite Generation was a musical variety show featuring talented American Indian, Polynesian, Mexican Americans, and native Latin American students in both traditional and contemporary productions. The word "Lamanite" is used to describe all of the above cultures."

Gotta love it...

That would make a great avatar on MAD..