A Mormon confronts his myths Anthropologist faces expulsion for refuting link between Indians and Israelites Jan Cienski National Post Tuesday, December 03, 2002 CREDIT: The Canadian Press Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is said to have discovered a tablet that revealed American Indians were the descendants of ancient Hebrews. The assertion is contrary to historical fact. A Mormon anthropologist is facing excommunication after finding no genetic link between American Indians and the ancient Hebrews of Israel, questioning one of the central tenets of his church. Thomas Murphy conducted a review of the existing...