Pbs: "Blood Memory": Native American Storytelling, Oral Tradition: Scott Momaday

How are stories part of our collective culture and memory? Explore the role of the oral tradition for Native American tribes like the Kiowa and how writers like N. Scott Momaday has managed to transfer the oral tradition to the page through his novels about Native American identity in the 20th and 21st century in this video [3:02] from the American Masters film Words from a Bear: N. Scott Momaday. Discussion questions and vocabulary are provided.