“‘From these declarations by Jesus, it is certain that the believing, repentant, righteous, faithful Indians shall be among “the remnant of Jacob” who are to build the New Jerusalem to which the Savior will come.
“‘As early as 1831 the Lord assured the Prophet Joseph that “before the great day of” his coming should arrive “Jacob shall flourish in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall blossom as the rose.”’ (D&C 49:24.)”
(Daniel H. Ludlow, A Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon, p. 281).