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...of which they prospered from, and for those who stayed, they “were imprisoned in stone corals” (170). The Kiowa tribe began migrating in every direction. As they migrated, the Kiowa befriended other tribes of which they borrowed their culture and tradition. One of the main tribes that was most influential was the Crows, “who gave them the culture and religion of the Plains” (170). Among the many values they acquired by finding a new way of life was a sense of destiny, courage, pride, and rid of the fear of being slaves once more. In The Way to Rainy Mountain, Momaday writes, “no longer were they slave to the simple necessity of survival; they were a lordly and dangerous society of fighters and thieves [and] hunters…” (170). As an elder, Aho could tell of the stories of the Crows of which she never had seen because the stories were in her blood that she passed on from her ancestors. Another part of the Kiowa culture that was acquired from the Crows was the worship of the sun. “They acquired Tai-me, the sacred Sun Dance doll, from that moment the object and symbol of their worship, and so shared in the divinity of the sun” (170). When Aho was a child she had been to the annual Sun Dances and “learned the restoration of her people on the presence of Tai-me” (172). The last Kiowa Sun Dance was held in 1887 when she was about seven years old. Much of the land had changed by then, becoming dry and scarce of buffalo. “Before the dance could begin, a company of soldiers rode out from Fort Sill under orders to disperse the tribe. Forbidden without cause…” (172). As an elder of the Kiowa tribe, Aho upheld a great regard for the sun to pass on the knowledge to her grandchildren and those who would listen. Although “she was a Christian in her later years...she never forgot her birthright ” (172). Aho always had a close relationship with her cultural heritage and values. Another aspect of cultural heritage is the legends of tribes. A specific one that Momaday talks about is one of Devil's Tower. “Two centuries ago, because they could not do otherwise, the Kiowas made a legend at the base of the rock” (171). Aho told the story of eight children, seven sisters and their brother, who were playing at bottom of the rock when suddenly the boy was dumbstruck and turned into...