Silencing
the Knowledge of
America’s Ancient
Civilizations
John Wesley Powell Lewis Henry Morgan
John Wesley Powell was inspired
by the writings of Lewis Henry
Morgan on the Stages of Human
Evolution, realizing that he could
use these evolutionary ideas as a tool
for social reform.
Powell’s, “conviction that every
variant could be placed somewhere
on this evolutionary stairway gave
direction and system to Major
Powell’s work in Ethnology.”
Emerging from this Evolutionary
Stairway would be the
enthronement of Darwinism,
creating a new social vision for
society, as they would begin to view
the origin of man and the origin of
society through the lens of
evolutionary thought, changing how
society has come to view and value
the American Indians, the mound
building cultures, Natural Law,
children, marriage and family.
..Understand this History..
Several years ago while producing the
documentary the “Lost Civilizations of
North America,” I accompanied our
research and production team through
the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys
as we visited the sites of the ancient
mound-building cultures. It was truly
an adventure of discovery for
notwithstanding our prior research, we
were surprised to still find abundant
artifacts, burial mounds, massive
earthwork structures, and artifacts that
give evidence of more highly advanced
civilizations than we have been lead to
believe.
We were asking some of the very
same questions that many have asked,
the WHY, HOW AND WHO
QUESTIONS.
If there were advanced cultures here
in North America;
Why haven’t we heard more
about them?
• Why haven’t they been more
celebrated?
• If the knowledge of these ancient
civilizations were silenced, who
silenced them and why?
“Few realize that some of the most complex
structures of ancient archaeology were built in
North America home of some of the most highly
advanced and well organized civilizations in
the world.” Dr. Roger G. Kennedy,
Smithsonian Director “Hidden Cities”
ANSWERS GIVEN IN THE BOOK:
American Indian populations have not only
suffered great hardships in the name of Manifest
Destiny and American Expansionism but they have
been robbed of their ancestral history.
Extensive ancient trade
routes were established
between North and
South America.
WHAT WAS TRADED?
Precious metals, mica,
obsidian, tobacco and
slaves, along with art,
shipbuilding engineering
and construction ideas and
navigational stories.
One of the most obscure topics of
America’s ancient native history is the
discussion of America’s Ancient Slave
Trade.
History shows that almost every
giant earthen construction of ancient
times was constructed through the use
of slave labor. From the great
pyramids of Egypt to the giant
coliseums of Rome to the massive
mound and earthen constructions of
North, Central and South America
they all used slave labor.
How common was slavery among
the Indian populations? Historians
believe that the ancient populations of
both North and South America were
heavily involved in the slave trade
business, in one way or another,
either as captives or as slavers. In this
way traditions and religious teachings
were shared on both continents, both
North and South.
America’s Ancient Slave Trade
The United States of America has long been the setting of
sacred and significant events throughout history. Is the
United States of America the “Land of Promise”. What is
known about these ancient civilizations that once inhabited
this continent? Who were these ancient Mound Building
cultures and where did they come from?
“The Untied States is the
Promised Land foretold in
the Book of Mormon” -Elder L. Tom Perry
Ensign, Dec. 2012 p.29
“And it came to pass that after we
had sailed for the space of many
days we did arrive at the Promised
Land”
1 Nephi 18:23 Lehi-589 B.C.
PROPHECIES AND PROMISES
The Land Choice above all other
lands.
The Land of Liberty.
The Land of Prosperity.
The Land of the Restoration.
The Land of the Gentiles
The Land of Promise.
The Land where a Constitution
will be raised up.
The Land of Adam,
Adam-ondi-Ahman and the
Nephite Altar.
The Land where a New Jerusalem
will be built
The Land where Christ shall come
and reign.
The Promised Land
Learn about Cyrus Thomas who was
working under John Wesley Powell the
then director of the Bureau of Ethnology
at the Smithsonian. Where working
together, they came to understand that
they could change the course of human
history by changing how we view the
origin of man.
Thousands of Mounds, Earthwork
Structures, and Fortifications
existed in North America.
1,000 BC – 400 AD