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N. Scott Momaday's mother was Mayme 'Natachee' Scott Momaday (1913–1996), who Momaday stated was to be of English, Irish, French, and "some degree of Cherokee" descent, [7] [8] [9] born in Fairview, Kentucky, [10] while his father was Alfred Morris Momaday, who was a full-blooded Kiowa. [11] His mother was a writer and his father a painter. [5]
Jan. 29—N. Scott Momaday, whose groundbreaking debut novel "House Made of Dawn" inspired Native artists for decades, died last week in Santa Fe, his publisher announced Monday. Momaday was 89. A ...
Feb. 3—Pulitzer-winning — and New Mexico resident — N. Scott Momaday died on Jan. 24. The Native American novelist was a force in the literary world. New Mexico PBS is honoring his legacy ...
Governor's Arts Awards ceremony includes tributes to N. Scott Momaday and Betty Price ... and N. Scott Momaday, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author and Lawton native who died Jan. 24 at the ...
N. Scott Momaday, 89. A Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature. Jan. 24. Herbert Coward, 85. He was known for his “Toothless Man” role in the movie “Deliverance.” Jan. 24. Car crash.
House Made of Dawn is a 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday, widely credited as leading the way for the breakthrough of Native American literature into the mainstream. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and has also been noted for its significance in Native American anthropology.
The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969) is a book by Pulitzer Prize winning author N. Scott Momaday.It is about the journey of Momaday's Kiowa ancestors from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the United States Cavalry at Fort Sill, and subsequent resettlement near Rainy Mountain, Oklahoma.
N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel "House Made of Dawn" is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native ...