Because it contrasts mythical, historical, and personal account.
His Kiowa identity influenced his novel The Way to Rainy Mountain. -apex
Momaday combines elements of one of his personal journeys with the migration of the Kiowa.
Humid, HOT, and rainy
Geography affected the Native Americans in the same way as it affects all groups of people. Native Americans had to learn how to work with what the land gave them. They had to hunt animals indigenous to mountainous land as well as learn how to grow crops on land that was flat and dry.
Savannah was founded by James Edward Oglethorpe, but managed by a group of trustees sitting on comfy chairs in jolly old England, smoking pipes around a fire place as they looked out at the rainy skies and said, "Pip, pip, isn't it time for tea?"
A bit of kiowa oral tradition, a historical commentary, and a personal commentary.
a section of personal commentary Kiowa oral tradition and historical commentary
it focuses on the Kiowa people, who are marginalized group.
It focuses on the Kiowa people, who are a marginalized group.
One excerpt from "The Way to Rainy Mountain" that reflects Kiowa oral tradition is the story of Tai-me, the sacred Sun Dance doll. This story emphasizes the importance of tradition, the interconnectedness of the Kiowa people with their spiritual beliefs, and the transmission of cultural knowledge through storytelling.
a work written in three separate voices - oral tradition of the Kiowa, historical commentary, and the personal reminiscences of the author.
The Way to Rainy Mountain was created in 1969.
The Way To Rainy Mountain ends with a poem.
N. Scott Momaday was influenced by his Kiowa heritage, particularly the stories and oral traditions passed down by his family and community, to write "The Way to Rainy Mountain." His experiences growing up in Oklahoma and his connection to the land and culture of the Kiowa people also shaped the novel's themes of identity and the impact of ancestral knowledge.
Rainy Mountain Cemetery can best be described as a poem.
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a poemThe Closing In," Epilogue, "Rainy Mountain Cemetery."