House Made of Dawn

A Prologue The very first section of House Made of Dawn creates the mood for the story. Set in a canyon at sunrise, the protagonist […]

A Abel The protagonist of the story, Abel is a Native American war veteran who struggles to find his place in the world. Some critics […]

A Prejudice and Tolerance Strangely, for a novel about Native American suffering in the white world, there is not a lot of overt prejudice on […]

A Point of View In this novel, Momaday often shifts from one point of view to another; as a result, it is not always clear […]

A The Postwar Reservation As with many other minority groups in America, Native American populations became more connected with the mainstream culture as a result […]

Investigate the tribal customs of Native Americans from different parts of the United States, such as the northern or southeastern regions of the country. Report […]

Late 1940s: After Europe is decimated as a result of World War II, America becomes an economic superpower, creating a thriving economy and a population […]

One of Momaday’s best-known works is The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969), his history of the last days of the Kiowa people. Momaday’s childhood on […]