Question

Which aspect of the excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain best exemplifies how American Indian culture and themes can be passed down and changed over time? the American soldiers destroying the ancient Kiowa Sun Dance site.

Momaday seeing his grandmother standing at the wood stove on a winter morning and turning meat on a skillet.


Momaday watching and evaluating his grandmother praying in the traditional Kiowa manner


the slaughter and loss of the buffalo on the American plains


Momaday admiring his grandmother sitting at the south window, bent above her beadwork

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Momaday watching and evaluating his grandmother praying in the traditional Kiowa manner .

This can be related to passing down their culture by placing the example of praying in their traditional manner, which will later be passed on or done by the future future generations. Generally, praying is part of culture, where the objective is asking for something for ourselves or someone else.