I was introduced to the writing of N. Scott Momaday when I read the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain. I didn’t know his importance to contemporary Native American literature or his status as Poet Laureate of Oklahoma. I just knew I was reading an essay that allowed me to glimpse the struggle of finding and claiming identity in the world.

Tonight, as American Indian Heritage Month draws to a close, Momaday will speak at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. at 12:30 and again at 6:30. The evening presentation, part of the Vine Deloria, Jr. Native Writers Series, will be webcast.

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