Question

Which statement best describes a central idea of The Way to Rainy Mountain?

a.It is important to preserve the oral tradition of the Kiowa people.
b.It is important to create a monument to the Tai-me.
c.It is important to honor one’s grandparents through song.
d.It is important to return to the practice of using buffalo medicine.

Answer 1

a. It is important to preserve the oral tradition of the Kiowa people.

Step-by-step explanation:

N. Scott Momaday's book "The Way to Rainy Mountain" is a kind of travel memoir by the author in his attempt to preserve as well as learn more about his Kiowa heritage. It tells the journey of the Kiowa people from their initial Montana habitation to the new place that the United States government had assigned them to move to- Rainy Mountains in Oklahoma.

Though the whole book delved into the journey of the Kiowa people, and Momaday's wants to rediscover his ancestors' lives and traditions. He talks about the numerous folklore and tales of the people, the importance of orally passing their stories and tales to their younger generations. The narrator/ author also hangs on the need to preserve this tradition of orally transferring the knowledge of the people, his people.