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Aho is N. Scott Momaday’s grandmother, and, outside of Momady himself, she is the central figure of the memoir. Aho passed down her memories of the Kiowas to Momaday, and, as such, much of Momaday’s knowledge of the tribe comes from her. Aho was born at the end of the Kiowa golden age, and she was present at the last Sun Dance. She lived her whole life in Oklahoma within sight of Rainy Mountain, but her knowledge of the Kiowa oral tradition made her able to tell stories of the Kiowas that date back to their time in the northern plains. Aho signifies the human side of memory and history; the once-vibrant Kiowa culture was able to survive and be passed on because it lived on within her.
Aho Quotes in The Way to Rainy Mountain
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Although my grandmother lived out her long life in the shadow of Rainy Mountain, the immense landscape of the continental interior lay like memory in her blood.
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My grandmother was there. Without bitterness, and for as long as she lived, she bore a vision of deicide.
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Their wives and daughters served them well. The women might indulge themselves; gossip was at once the mark and compensation of their servitude. They made loud and elaborate talk among themselves, full of jest and gesture, fright and false alarm.
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It was not an exclamation so much, I think, as it was a warding off, an exertion of language upon ignorance and disorder.
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Aho Quotes in The Way to Rainy Mountain
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Although my grandmother lived out her long life in the shadow of Rainy Mountain, the immense landscape of the continental interior lay like memory in her blood.
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My grandmother was there. Without bitterness, and for as long as she lived, she bore a vision of deicide.
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Their wives and daughters served them well. The women might indulge themselves; gossip was at once the mark and compensation of their servitude. They made loud and elaborate talk among themselves, full of jest and gesture, fright and false alarm.
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It was not an exclamation so much, I think, as it was a warding off, an exertion of language upon ignorance and disorder.
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