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N. Scott Momaday
The Pulitzer Prize is the highest honor in the literary world. In 1969 the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to House Made of Dawn, a first novel written by a Kiowa Indian born in Lawton, Oklahoma who spent the first year of his life at his grandparents’ home on Kiowa land, where his father was born and raised. N. Scott Momaday would grow up largely on reservations in the Southwest, far from mainstream centers of education.
Although a relatively unknown author at the time he won the Pulitzer, America and the world soon realized the depth of N. Scott Momaday’s talent. A renowned novelist, poet, painter, and scholar, his artist works have encompassed a panorama as wide as the landscapes he commemorates.
Momaday’s poems, plays, novels, folk tales, memoirs, and children’s books have earned him the respect of the international community while illuminating the Native traditions that inspire his work. His words and life have helped reconnect contemporary readers with the understanding his forefathers had of the cherished bond between humankind and nature.
Momaday is the founder and chairman of The Buffalo Trust, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to supporting indigenous communities' efforts to preserve and perpetuate their cultural identity. He is also the founder of the nonprofit Rainy Mountain Foundation in Oklahoma, which is building an archive and camp for Native American youth at Rainy Mountain, Oklahoma.
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Four Arrows & Magpie: A Kiowa Story
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