N. Scott Momaday

Here's a good Momaday start page from PAL, which contains bibliographies and links.

This is a brief bio of the author with photos and links, from the American Academy of Achievement. How reliable do you think this information is? How comfortable would you be using this material in a paper about Momaday?

Here is the citation for Momaday's Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn. Do you recognize any of the other authors on this page? How would you go about finding out about them?

Interested in putting this author's work into a cultural and social context? Here are some Native American author links from Voices of the Shuttle that are sure to provide a lot of help.

For further information, but on a cautionary note: This is an article from the Smithsonian Institution about avoiding Native American stereotypes.

Would you like to narrow the focus of your research? This is the homepage of a website about the Kiowas, Momaday's ancestral tribe.

Did you know that this author has contributed to films? Here are some comments by Momaday about the PBS film The West.

This is an Academy of Achievement interview with Momaday, in which he discusses growing up into a writing life, and what he thinks the future might hold.

Here's an excerpt from The Names, a memoir by Momaday. How reliable do you believe this text to be? How did you come to your conclusion?