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N. Scott MomadayThe 1969 Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet N. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa Indian, spent much of his youth exploring southwest Native American traditions. Since his parents were teachers at several...
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N. Scott MomadayIn his essay “The Becoming of the Native: Man in America Before Columbus,” Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday’s audience is mainstream American society. His purpose in writing the text is to explain to...
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N. Scott MomadayWhen you speak about "myth," you are speaking about the first of the three voices that Momaday uses in his book The Way to Rainy Mountain. Just as a short explanation, let me mention that the...
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N. Scott MomadayN. Scott Momaday reflects his Native American heritage in his writing. Tsoai-talee is his name in the Kiowa tribe. Tsen-Tainte, known in English as White Horse, was a noted leader and warrior with...
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N. Scott MomadayThis excellent poem doesn't actually tell us what the event was that produced such a notable alteration in the behaviour between the speaker and the person the poem is addressed to. However, from...
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N. Scott MomadayF. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa Indian, writes about the Indian tradition. “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” epitomizes the Indian spirit which expresses their spiritual connection to the natural world....