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The Ancient Child
N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1990
Synopsis: Locke Setman (Set), a Native American, is raised far from the reservation by his adopted father. Set feels a strange aching in his soul and, returning to the tribal lands for the funeral of his grandmother, meets a stunning young medicine woman with a gift of astonishing visions--who turns his world upside down. (Literature/Fiction)

Conversations With Scott Momaday
(Literary Conversations Series (Paper)
Matthias Schubnell (Editor),
N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1997
Card catalog description: The interviews in this volume span the period from 1970 to 1993. Momaday responds candidly to questions relating to his multicultural background, his views on the place of the Indian in American literature and society, his concern for conservation and an American land ethic, his theory of language and the imagination, the influences on his artistic and academic development, and his comments on specific works he has written. The reader who joins these conversations will meet in N. Scott Momaday a careful listener and an engaging, often humorous speaker whose commentaries provide a deeper vision for those interested in his life and work. (Interviews/Prose)

Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father:
Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting
N. Scott Momaday, Trudy Griffin-Pierce / Paperback / Published 1995
Booknews, Inc., 06/01/93: Explores the circularity of Navajo thought through an analysis of sandpaintings, chantway myths, and stories reflected in the celestial constellations. Illustrated with line drawings and eight color paintings. Griffin-Pierce (anthropology, U. of Arizona) also reviews Navajo history and ethnography. N. Scott Momaday contributes a short foreword. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. (Religion - Spirituality)

House Made of Dawn
(Momaday Collection/N. Scott Momaday)
N. Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1996
The publisher, University of Arizona Press, 02/23/98: This widely acclaimed novel tells the story of a young American Indian struggling to reconcile the traditional ways of his people with the demands of the twentieth century. Abel was raised to heed the voice of the land, the changes of the seasons, and the lessons taught by peyote. But once he returned from a foreign war and became exposed to the temptations of the wider world, Abel became a man lost to himself. (Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel)

House Made of Dawn
N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1989
From the Publisher: The magnificent Pulitzer Prize winning novel of a proud stranger in his native land. "Authentic and powerful." -Cleveland Plain-Dealer (Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel)

House Made of Dawn Notes
N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1994
Cliff Notes Inc.; ASIN: 0822005972 (Study Guide)

In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems
N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1993
Synopsis: The Pulitzer Prize-winner presents a luminous collection that reflects the traditions of the Native American past. This work includes 56 poems, 16 legends about great tribal shields, a section on Billy the Kid, and 60 haunting line drawings and paintings by Momaday himself. (Legends/Poems)

The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages
N. Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1997
From Booklist, 04/15/97: Early as well as recent work appears in this collection of essays by the eminent Native American writer. Together they reveal how consistent Momaday's stately, oratorical voice has been during his 30-year career. Consistent, too, has been his concern for humanity's place in the natural world and for the spiritual messages Native American traditions offer an alienated society. Momaday's reminiscences of tribal elders, his lively way with a traditional story, his wonder at natural beauty--these are not mere embellishments on the political analysis that he weaves into the essays; rather, they are vital components of Momaday's complex way with words. The reasons for that complexity are suggested by the Kiowa story referred to by the book's title. It is about an arrow maker who, aware of a prowler outside his home, uses words to engage as well as distract the intruder, for possibly the presumed enemy is really a lost friend. Momaday clearly identifies with that legendary hero, and he points his words toward our fully understanding hearts. Patricia Monaghan Copyright© 1997, American Library Association. All rights reserved (Nonfiction)

The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages
N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1998
The New York Times Book Review, John Motyka: Mr. Momaday constructs beautifully cadenced sentences and summons a colorful assortment of stories and states of mind from a lively imagination. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title. (Nonfiction)

VHS CASSETTE TAPE
More Than Bows and Arrows
N.Scott Momaday / VHS Tape / Published 1996
CAMERA ONE PRODUCTIONS; VHS Cassette Tape: Vhs Video edition
ASIN: 6302533333 (Running Time: 60m/COLOR)

The Names: A Memoir
(Momaday Collection/N. Scott Momaday)
N. Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1996
Memoir of childhood on the Jemez Pueblo. University of Arizona Press;
ASIN: 0816517002 (Literature/Fiction)

The Names: A Memoir (Sun Tracks, Vol 16)
N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1987
Memoir of childhood on the Jemez Pueblo. University of Arizona Press;
ASIN: 0816510466 (Literature/Fiction)

Photographs of New Mexico
Mark Nohl, N. Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1997
University of New Mexico Press; ASIN: 0937206504
(Art/Photo Essays)

A Sense of Mission: Historic Churches of the Southwest
David Wakely (Photographer), N. Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1994
Booknews, Inc., 09/01/94: An art book as well as a guidebook to the Spanish missions of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and southern California--conceived as an expression of the Catholic faith of the European conquerors, but built and maintained by native Americans who often incorporated their own traditions. Interiors and exteriors are revealed in 150 color photos with detailed captions and text, and a foreword by N. Scott Momaday. 11.5x9" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. (Art/Pictorial Works)

A Sense of Mission: Historic Churches of the Southwest
David Wakely (Photographer), N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1994
Booknews, Inc., 09/01/94: An art book as well as a guidebook to the Spanish missions of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and southern California--conceived as an expression of the Catholic faith of the European conquerors, but built and maintained by native Americans who often incorporated their own traditions. Interiors and exteriors are revealed in 150 color photos with detailed captions and text, and a foreword by N. Scott Momaday. 11.5x9" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title. (Art/Pictorial Works)

The Serpent's Tongue:
Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New Mexico Pueblos
N. Scott Momaday, Nancy C. Wood (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1997
Synopsis: This landmark anthology chronicles more than 500 years of Pueblo culture. Lavishly designed in five colors, this eminently readable volume offers a story and mood for everyone and an authentic introduction to the cultural legacy of the ancient peoples of the Southwest. Illustrations & photos. (Nonfiction)

Storyteller/Audio Cassette
N. Scott Momaday / Audio Cassette / Published 1992
Synopsis: A Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American novelist offers Kiowa stories and legends in the oral tradition. (Kiowa/Legends)

Turtle Island Alphabet:
A Lexicon of Native American Symbols and Culture
Gerald Hausman, N. Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1992
Synopsis: Gerald Hausman has spent more than 20 years studying, collecting, and narrating Native American stories. In a collection of symbols and images central to Native American culture, he offers a lyrical, poetic work which reaffirms the view that Native Americans once held of the land. Illustrations.
(Religion / Spirituality)

Turtle Island Alphabet:
A Lexicon of Native American Symbols and Culture
Gerald Hausman, N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1993
Synopsis: Hausman has spent over 20 years studying, collecting, and narrating Native American stories. Inviting comparisons to Joseph Campbell's Primitive Mythology, this book attempts to bring glory to the ashes of the past. Beautifully produced on sepia paper, it contains 100 photographs and 10 line drawings that provide a strong sense of what we have indeed lost. (Religion & Spirituality)

The Way to Rainy Mountain
(Momaday, N. Scott, Momaday Collection.)
N. Scott Momaday, Al Momaday (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1977
University of New Mexico Press; ISBN: 0826304362; Momaday's journey to Rainy Mountain, told by way of Kiowa myths and legends. (Kiowa Mythology/Legends)

The Way to Rainy Mountain
(Momaday, N. Scott, Momaday Collection.)
N. Scott Momaday, Al Momaday (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1976
University of Arizona Press; ISBN: 0816517010; Momaday's journey to Rainy Mountain, told by way of Kiowa myths and legends. (Kiowa Mythology/Legends)

Circle of Wonder: A Native American Christmas Story
N. Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1994
Synopsis: Written and illustrated by Pulitzer Prize winner N. Scott Momaday, Circle of Wonder is the story of one lonely child's experience of a special magic at Christmas. Tolo is drawn to a miraculous fire circle, where the Elk, the Wolf, and the Eagle share "the real gift of the fire" with him. (Fiction)
(Reading level: Ages 9-12)

**NATACHEE SCOTT MOMADAY
    Kiowa/Cherokee: Mother of N.Scott Momaday

Conversations With N. Scott Momaday
(Literary Conversations Series (Cloth))
Natachee Scott Momaday / Hardcover / Published 1997
University Press of Mississippi; ASIN: 0878059598 (Interviews/Prose)
[**Note: Natachee Scott Momaday Kiowa/Cherokee: Mother of N. Scott Momaday.]

Crazy Weather
Natachee Scott Momaday, Charles L. McNichols / Paperback / Published 1994
Card catalog description: In four days of "glory-hunting" with an Indian comrade, South Boy, who is white, realizes that he must choose between two cultures. (Fiction) (Reading level: Ages 9-12) [**Note: Natachee Scott Momaday 'Kiawa/Cherokee: Mother of N. Scott Momaday.]

Owl in the Cedar Tree
Don Perceval (Illustrator),
Natachee Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1992
Card catalog description: A Navaho boy with a secret wish is torn by conflicting cultures. (Fiction/Illustrated) (Reading level: Ages 9-12) [**Note: Natachee Scott Momaday 'Kiawa/Cherokee: Mother of N. Scott Momaday.]