This morning, the Santa Fe Conservation Trust announced that Native author N Scott Momaday is the chosen recipient for the 2013
Stewart Udall Environmental Award. The Conservation Trust is a local nonprofit that
works to protect local open spaces and wildlife in perpetuity. The award, which was created in
2002, “is given to honor those values, that work, or that person or persons who
inspire us to love the land, care for it, preserve its sweep and heal its
wounds.” A writer, artist and teacher, Momaday, born in 1934, is a member of both
the Kiowa and Cherokee tribes, and is the founder of the nonprofit Rainy
Mountain Foundation and Buffalo Trust, which works to preserve Native cultures. Momaday wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel House Made of Dawn, among several other
novels and books of poetry, and is
known for paving the way for modern Native American literature. The
award will be presented at the annual Stewart Udall Legacy Dinner on Sunday,
Sept. 15. Dale and Sylvia Ball, Janie Bingham, William deBuys, Nancy Wirth, Stewart
Udall, among others, have been honored at the dinner in the past. For
dinner information or reservations, call 989-7019 or visit sfct.org
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