Native American Authors
N. Scott Momaday , 1934-
Kiowa
N. Scott Momaday was born in Lawton, but grew up on the Navajo Reservation. Momaday earned his M.A. and Ph.D degrees from Stanford University in 1960 and 1963 respectively. He has garnered critical acclaim for his focus on Kiowa traditions, customs and beliefs, and is also recognized as one of the most successful contemporary Native American literary figures. Momaday's writings are greatly influenced by oral tradition. He is professor of English at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and a consultant of the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts since 1970.
Awards and Honors
Academy of American Poets Prize, 1962Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1969
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1966/67
National Institute of Arts and Letters grant, 1970
Online resources by or about N. Scott Momaday:
The Buffalo TrustAuthor: The Buffalo Trust
Type: authorbio
Description: Web site for The Buffalo Trust, a non-profit foundation for the preservation and return of their cultural heritage to Native Americans, founded and chaired by N. Scott Momaday. Site includes a vision statement, mission statement, and a bio of Momaday.
URL: http://www.sidecanyon.com/buffalotrust.htm
IPL Online Literary Criticism: N. Scott Momaday
Author: Internet Public Library
Type: authorbio
Description: Collection of links to biographical and critical sites about Momaday and his works.
URL: http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out.pl?au=mom-253
Keeper of the Flame by N. Scott Momaday
Author: THE WEST FILM PROJECT and WETA
Type: authorbio
Description: Interview with N. Scott Momaday discussing his role as an on-screen commentator in Ken Burn's The West, and biographical information.
URL: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/producers/momaday.htm
Modern American Poetry: N. Scott Momaday
Author: Kenneth M. Roemer
Type: authorbio
Description: Site is divided into sections such as: Biographical, Literary and Multicultural Contexts, Momaday on the American West, A Collection of Quotations Relating to N. Scott Momaday's Poetry, and Momaday's Shield Paintings.
URL: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/momaday/momaday.htm
Writer: N. Scott Momaday
Author: Canku Ota
Type: authorbio
Description: An article about N. Scott Momaday from the 5/6/00 issue of Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America.
URL: http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues00/Co05062000/CO_05062000_Momaday.htm
Books by N. Scott Momaday:
Momaday, N. Scott. The Ancient ChildNew York : HarperPerennial, 1990.
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0060973455
Momaday, N. Scott. Angle of Geese and Other Poems
Boston : D. R. Godine, 1974.
ISBN: 0879230851
Momaday, N. Scott. Before an old painting of the Crucifixion, Carmel Mission, June, 1960
San Francisco : Valenti Angelo, 1975.
Momaday, N. Scott. Circle of Wonder: A Native American Christmas Story
Santa Fe : Clear Light Publishers, 1994.
ISBN: 0940666324
Momaday, N. Scott. Colorado: Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring
Chicago : Rand McNally, 1973.
Genre: Nonfiction
ISBN: 0528819119
Momaday, N. Scott. The Complete Poems of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman
New York : Oxford University Press, 1965.
Genre: Poetry
Momaday, N. Scott. Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1997.
Genre: Biography
ISBN: 0878059598
Momaday, N. Scott. The Gourd Dancer.
New York : Harper & Row, 1976.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0060129824
Momaday, N. Scott. A House Made of Dawn
Tucson, AZ : University of Arizona Press, 1996.
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0816517053
Momaday, N. Scott. In the bear's house
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Genre: Poems and Paintings
ISBN: 0312199694
Momaday, N. Scott. In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992.
ISBN: 0312082223
Rose, Wendy; Momaday, N. Scott. Lost copper
Banning, CA : Malki Museum Press, 1980.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
Momaday, N. Scott. The man made of words : essays, stories, passages
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
ISBN: 0312155816
Momaday, N. Scott. The Names: A Memoir.
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1996.
ISBN: 0816517002
Momaday, N. Scott. The Way to Rainy Mountain
Tucson, AZ : University of Arizona Press, 1996.
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 0816517010
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