Momaday, a renowned Kiowa-Cherokee author, currently resides in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. One of his two foundations, the Rainy Mountain Foundation, is headquartered in nearby Santa Fe.
In order to see his grandmother's gravesite, N Scott Momaday as retold in The Way to Rainy Mountain, N Scott Momaday went to the rainy mountain region in Oklahoma.
Momaday feels strongly that the storyteller creates the meaning of his story (apex)
N. Scott Momaday is the first and (so far) only Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize. Momaday won the Fiction category in 1969 for his novel, House Made of Dawn (Harper).
N. Scott Momaday wrote House of Dawn in the mid-1960's. It was published in 1968 with copyrights dated 1966, 1967, and 1968. The book is set on a Native American reservation in New Mexico and a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, from 1945 to 1952.The Way to Rainy Mountain was first published in 1969. N. Scott Momaday actually began working on The Way to Rainy Mountain in the early 1960's when his graduate school adviser encouraged him to expand on his work, The Journey of Tai-me, a collection of Kiowa myths translated into English published in 1967. N. Scott Momaday added his personal memories and poems to create The Way to Rainy Mountain.
The Way to Rainy Mountain is a a 1969 book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday. It details the journey of his Kiowa ancestors from their ancient beginnings in Montana to their final wars and resettlement.
N. Scott Momaday is the son of writer Natachee Scott Momaday and painter Al Momaday. Al Momaday is of Kiowa descent. Natachee Scott Momaday is of English and Cherokee descent.
N. Scott Momaday was born on February 27, 1934.
N. Scott Momaday was born in 1934 (on February 27).
N. Scott Momaday is an author of part Kiowa and part Cherokee descent.
N. Scott Momaday is 77 years old (birthdate: February 27, 1934).
Author N. Scott Momaday was born at the Kiowa-Comanche Indian Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Natachee Scott Momaday was the name of N. Scott Momaday's grandmother.
N. Scott Momaday was born on February 27, 1934 in Lawton, Oklahoma.
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In order to see his grandmother's gravesite, N Scott Momaday as retold in The Way to Rainy Mountain, N Scott Momaday went to the rainy mountain region in Oklahoma.
In order to see his grandmother's gravesite, N Scott Momaday as retold in The Way to Rainy Mountain, N Scott Momaday went to the rainy mountain region in Oklahoma.
In order to see his grandmother's gravesite, N Scott Momaday as retold in The Way to Rainy Mountain, N Scott Momaday went to the rainy mountain region in Oklahoma.