"I have seen him gradually comprehending, accepting, and even asserting his Indianness. Actually, of course, his Indianness is as much assumed as inborn."
— N. Scott Momaday

January 1, 1970

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Wallace Stegner, Letter to Matthias Schubnell (May 2, 1981) as quoted by Matthias Schubnell, N. Scott Momaday, the cultural and literary background (1985) Introduction, p. 11.