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- Why does Momaday return to his grandmother's house and journey to her grave in what ways was her life tied to the land?
- What do you think Momaday means when he calls the Kiowa migration a journey toward the dawn?
- What does Momaday correlate with his grandmother's passing?
- What does Momaday say about his grandmother?
- What name did the Kiowas give the knoll?
- What are three activities that momaday recalls as he thinks about his grandmother's house?
- Why did the narrator want to visit his grandmother grave?
- What do the legends and landscapes that Momaday describes show you about the connections between the Kiowa and the land?
- Why does Momaday tell readers in The Way to Rainy Mountain about what was happening to the Kiowas when his grandmother was a child?
- Who is Momaday's grandmother?
- What does the Kiowa story about the seven sisters and their brother explain?
- What did the Kiowa tribe believe in?
- Does the Kiowa tribe still exist?
- Where does Momaday's journey begin?
- What happened at the last Kiowa Sun Dance that changed Kiowa culture?
Why does Momaday return to his grandmother's house and journey to her grave in what ways was her life tied to the land?
In the prologue, we learn the reason why Momaday returns to Rainy Mountain: I returned to Rainy Mountain in July. My grandmother had died in the spring, and I wanted to be at her grave. ... After this, Momaday returns to his own life with a stronger understanding of Kiowa culture and of his own identity.
What do you think Momaday means when he calls the Kiowa migration a journey toward the dawn?
The text describes the tribal migration from Montana to Oklahoma as the Kiowa moved southeast across the Plains. Along the way, they acquired a new culture and a new religion. Since they were heading east, theirs was a literal and geographic “journey toward the dawn,” because the sun rises in the East.
What does Momaday correlate with his grandmother's passing?
By doing so, and by weaving into his experience the stories and legends handed down through the generations, Momaday honors his past and all of those who have gone on before, including his grandmother. He can identify more with them now. He shows that their lives and their history matter.
What does Momaday say about his grandmother?
Momaday's grandmother is a very significant presence in his personal narrative, even though she has died. It is her death that brings him home again, prompting the story itself. His memories of her are strong, and his love for her is deep. As he writes, "I wanted to be at her grave."
What name did the Kiowas give the knoll?
A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma, north and west of the Wichita Range. For my people, the Kiowas, it is an old landmark, and they gave it the name Rainy Mountain. The hardest weather in the world is there.
What are three activities that momaday recalls as he thinks about his grandmother's house?
As N. Scott Momaday thinks of his grandmother and her house, he recalls her cooking at her wood stove, sitting at the window with her bead-work, and praying. He also recalls the visitors who would come to his grandmother's house for “feasting and talk.”
Why did the narrator want to visit his grandmother grave?
My grandmother had died in the spring, and I wanted to be at her grave. Momaday's journey is a personal journey. He goes home out of love and respect for his grandmother. He wants to visit her grave, grieve her loss, and honor her memory.
What do the legends and landscapes that Momaday describes show you about the connections between the Kiowa and the land?
What is the connection between the landscape, the Kiowa, and Momaday's grandmother? The connection is that it represents "home". Provides the Kiowas with a spirituality centered on unity (connection) between people and the landscape. His grandmother lived there.
Why does Momaday tell readers in The Way to Rainy Mountain about what was happening to the Kiowas when his grandmother was a child?
Why does Momaday tell readers in The Way to Rainy Mountain about what was happening to the Kiowas when his grandmother was a child? He wants to compare her childhood with his own. He wants to give readers a complete sense of his grandmother and her life.
Who is Momaday's grandmother?
Aho is N. Scott Momaday's grandmother, and, outside of Momady himself, she is the central figure of the memoir. Aho passed down her memories of the Kiowas to Momaday, and, as such, much of Momaday's knowledge of the tribe comes from her.
What does the Kiowa story about the seven sisters and their brother explain?
The legend says that the seven sisters were playing with their brother when the boy transformed into a bear. ... The mangled tree-trunk became the Devil's Tower and the seven sisters became the stars known as the Big Dipper. The Kiowa, therefore, have family in the sky—whom they can trust to guide them through the night.
What did the Kiowa tribe believe in?
Traditional Kiowa religion included the belief that dreams and visions gave individuals supernatural power in war, hunting, and healing. Ten medicine bundles, believed to protect the tribe, became central in the Kiowan Sun Dance.
Does the Kiowa tribe still exist?
In 1867, the Kiowa were moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma. ... Today, they are federally recognized as Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma with headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma. As of 2011, there were 12,000 members.
Where does Momaday's journey begin?
After Momaday's grandmother's death, he travels to her home in Oklahoma. However, it can be argued that his true 'journey' does not begin until he starts to retrace his ancestor's journey on the Trail of Tears, starting out near Rainy Mountain and ending back in Oklahoma.
What happened at the last Kiowa Sun Dance that changed Kiowa culture?
Aho participated in the last full Sun Dance in 1887. ... At this point, the Fort Sill soldiers, due to their advanced weaponry and numbers, stopped all the proceedings of the Sun Dance and dispersed the Kiowa tribe. It is July 20, 1890 that is the date of the Kiowa tribe's surrender.
