Necessary fictions: indigenous claims and the humanity of rights

Indigenous right insistently challenges the surpassing arrogations of sovereign right. In so doing, it affirms dimensions of being-together denied or stunted in sovereign modes of political formation. This force of Indigenous right is amplified here through legal and literary instantiations. These, in turn, uncover the continuously created and fictional quality of rights, revealing them to be necessary fictions

Four Arrows & Magpie: A Kiowa Story

Through the eyes of two Kiowa children, young readers will learn the beauty and danger of a world almost forgotten. The mythic legend of how the Kiowa Indians first arrived in Oklahoma will awaken children to the richness of the state\u27s Indian heritage. Illustrated with sketches almost poetic in their simplicity and paintings that echo the power and precision of his prose, this book reminds us all how deeply the past and the present are intertwined.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1603/thumbnail.jp

Death of Sitting Bear: New and Selected Poems

This luminous collection demonstrates Momaday’s mastery and love of language and the matters closest to his heart. To Momaday, words are sacred; language is power. Spanning nearly fifty years, the poems gathered here illuminate the human condition, Momaday’s connection to his Kiowa roots, and his spiritual relationship to the American landscape.The title poem, “The Death of Sitting Bear” is a celebration of heritage and a memorial to the great Kiowa warrior and chief. “I feel his presence close by in my blood and imagination,” Momaday writes, “and I sing him an honor song.” Here, too, are meditations on mortality, love, and loss, as well as reflections on the incomparable and holy landscape of the Southwest.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1600/thumbnail.jp

Reading: N. Scott Momaday

In this audiovisual recording from April 5, 1989 as part of the 20th annual UND Writing Conference: “Circle of Many Colors,” N. Scott Momaday reads a selection of poetry and fiction. Momaday reads the poems “Plainview 1” and “Forms of the Earth at Abiquiu” and excerpts from his new novel The Ancient Child. Introduced by Laurel Reuter

The Journey of Tai-me

Following the death of his beloved Kiowa grandmother, Aho, in 1963 Momaday set out on his quest to learn and document the Kiowa heritage, stories, and folklore. His Kiowa-speaking father, artist Al Momaday, served as translator when Scott visited tribal elders to ask about their memories and stories. Scott gathered these stories into The Journey of Tai-me.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1614/thumbnail.jp