Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-

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N. Scott Momaday (b. 1934) is a Native American writer, painter, and activist of Kiowa descent. His mother, Natachee Scott Momaday, taught elementary school in the Navajo Nation. His father, Al Momaday, was a painter.

Momaday has written 17 books of fiction, poetry, drama and history. His novel House Made of Dawn received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969. Momaday is the founder of the Rainy Mountain Foundation and Buffalo Trust, a nonprofit organization working to preserve Native American cultures.

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referencedIn Lewis, Janet, 1899-1998. Janet Lewis papers, 1964-1989. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Guérard, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1914-. Albert J. Guérard papers, 1932-1998. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993. Creative Writing Program : correspondence and manuscripts, 1949-1992. Stanford university libraries
referencedIn Yvor Winters and Janet Lewis papers, Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-. N. Scott Momaday papers : additions, [197-?] UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Christopher Felver Photograph Collection, 2008-2009 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Cruthirds, Rachel Brim. The creation of self-identity in native American autobiography / by Rachel Brim Cruthirds. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
referencedIn Felver, Christopher, 1946-. Christopher Felver Photograph Collection [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
referencedIn Felver, Christopher, 1946-. Christopher Felver Photograph Collection [electronic resource]. The Heard Museum Library
creatorOf Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976,. From the belly of the shark : archives, 1967-1973. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Steiner, Stan. Papers, ca. 1961-1987. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn James Welch papers, 1889-2006, 1960-2003 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-. [Poster for N. Scott Momaday's show of recent drawings and paintings] [graphic] : [University of North Dakota Art Galleries, March 19 - April 7, 1979] UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf N. Scott Momaday papers Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Lee Marmon Pictorial Collection, 1936-2010 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Watkins, Floyd C. Floyd C. Watkins papers, [ca. 1940-1998]. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Wallace Earle Stegner Creative Writing Program : correspondence and manuscripts, 1949-1992 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-. N. Scott Momaday papers, 1963-1972. UC Berkeley Libraries
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associatedWith Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-. person
associatedWith Cruthirds, Rachel Brim. person
associatedWith Felver, Christopher, 1946- person
associatedWith Guérard, Albert J. (Albert Joseph), 1914- person
associatedWith Lewis, Janet, 1899-1998. person
associatedWith Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976, person
associatedWith Marmon, Lee person
associatedWith Momaday, Navarre Scott. person
associatedWith Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993. person
associatedWith Steiner, Stan. person
associatedWith University of North Dakota. University Art Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Watkins, Floyd C. person
associatedWith Welch, James, 1940- person
associatedWith Welch, James, 1945- person
associatedWith Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968. person
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