• A House Made of Dawn is a 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday, widely credited as leading the way for the breakthrough of Native American literature into the mainstream. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and has also been noted for its significance in Native American anthropology.
  • Cliff Notes
  • University of Arizona American Indian Studies https://ais.arizona.edu/users/n-scott-momaday
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Welcome to Pueblo of Jemez  New Mexico.  The Pueblo of Jemez is a federally recognized tribe located in north-central New Mexico, approximately 50 miles northwest of Albuquerque. We are one of the remaining 19 pueblos of New Mexico, encompassing over 89,000 acres of land and home to over 3,400 tribal members. The people of Jemez cherish their ancestral traditions, and are proud to integrate their culture with modern society.


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Do You Speak American   Power of Prose   Native AmericansAmerican literature is unique in the number of voices and cultures it conveys, giving it the power to transform opinions and challenge stereotypes in both obvious and subtle ways. Christa Smith Anderson explains that Native American ancestry has been infused into modern literature with ancient sounds.
 https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/powerprose/native/
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from "History"
  • within the southern end of  Canon de Don Diego
  • a language the anthropologists and linguists refer to as "Towa"
  • originated from a place called "Hua-na-tota"
  • the Jemez Nation was one of the largest and most powerful of the puebloan cultures, occupying numerous puebloan villages that were strategically located on the high mountain mesas and the canyons that surround the present pueblo of Walatowa
  • first contact with Europeans in the form of Spanish conquistadors in the year of 1541
  • 1680, the Great Pueblo Revolt.  the Spanish were expelled from the New Mexico Province through the strategic and collaborative efforts of all the Puebloan Nations.
  • reconquest.  now, ancestral lands are still held in the highest esteem by the Jemez people and not a week goes by that they are not paid tribute to through our prayers and religious offerings.
  • the Pecos culture
  • SEE Pueblo of Jemez Pottery Tradition​
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When we dare to face the cruel social and ecological realities we have been accustomed to, courage is born and powers within us are liberated to reimagine and even, perhaps one day, rebuild a world.  —Joanna Macy, “Entering the Bardo”
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