LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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archetype
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trickster tale
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creation myth
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memoir
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Way to Rainy Mountain is a blend of history, folklore, and poetic memoir and was published in 1969. It takes the reader through author N. Scott Momaday’s own journey of discovering his Kiowa background and identity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout the book, Momaday emphasizes the importance of storytelling as a tool of Kiowa survival, and he meditates on the power of language to not only represent the world around him, but also to act in the world-for Momaday words can inspire emotions, they can create magic, and they are always powerful…
Detailed explanation-3: -Its goal is to account for the identity and culture of the Kiowas, which Momaday insists is an optimistic project rather than a tragic one.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Way to Rainy Mountain tells the story of many true historical events: the Kiowa migration that took place between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the surrender of the Kiowas to U.S. forces in 1875, the disappearance of the buffalo herds in the plains, the final Kiowa Sun Dance, and many others.