A few years ago, the LDS church changed the Introduction to the Book of Mormon to state that the Nephites and Lamonites are among the ancestors of the American Indians. Before that change, the Introduction stated the Nephites were the principal ancestors. It's important to note that the Introduction is not part of the Book of Mormon, per se, but is an overview written by church leaders to help people not familiar with the book have a brief overview before they read the book.
The church recently published a page called Book of Mormon and DNA Studies that discusses DNA and the Book of Mormon in quite a lot of depth. It's important to note that this information was written by humans and may contain mistakes. As as been discussed in other posts in this blog, the church leaders (and employees of the church) are not infallible and may make mistakes.
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